Idolizing Authorship An Introduction

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Authors
Publication date 2017
Host editors
  • G. Franssen
  • R. Honings
Book title Idolizing Authorship
Book subtitle Literary Celebrity and the Construction of Identity, 1800 to the Present
ISBN
  • 9789089649638
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9789048528677
Pages (from-to) 11-27
Publisher Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School of Historical Studies (ASH)
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA)
Abstract Though these days, our celebrity culture tends to revolve around movie stars and pop musicians, there have been plenty of celebrity authors over the years and around the world. This volume brings together a number of contributors to look at how and why certain writers have attained celebrity throughout history. How were their images as celebrities constructed by themselves and in complicity with their fans? And how did that process and its effects differ from country to country and era to era?
Document type Chapter
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.5117/9789089649638
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