LEADER 03507nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910780201203321 005 20230422042436.0 010 $a1-84964-525-6 010 $a0-585-42587-6 035 $a(CKB)111056486518372 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH22933812 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000250608 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11176344 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000250608 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10245142 035 $a(PQKB)10567203 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3386399 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3386399 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10479963 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL987601 035 $a(OCoLC)50811088 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486518372 100 $a19991025d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStar authors$b[electronic resource] $eliterary celebrity in America /$fJoe Moran 210 $aLondon ;$aSterling, Va. $cPluto Press$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (192 p.) 300 $aBased on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Sussex. 311 $a0-7453-1519-4 311 $a0-7453-1524-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Cultural contexts -- pt. 2. Star authors. 330 8 $aIn America, authors are as likely to be seen on television talk shows or magazine covers as in the more traditional settings of literary festivals or book signings. Is this literary celebrity just another result of 'dumbing down'? Yet another example of the mass media turning everything into entertainment? Or is it a much more unstable, complex phenomenon? And what does the American experience tell us about the future of British literary celebrity?In Star Authors, Joe Moran shows how publishers, the media and authors themselves create and disseminate literary celebrity. He looks at such famous contemporary authors as Toni Morrison, J.D. Salinger, Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo, John Updike, Philip Roth, Kathy Acker, Nicholson Baker, Paul Auster and Jay McInerney. Through an examination of their own work, biographical information, media representations and promotional material, Moran illustrates the nature of modern literary celebrity. He argues that authors actively negotiate their own celebrity rather than simply having it imposed upon them - from reclusive authors such as Salinger and Pynchon, famed for their very lack of public engagement, to media-friendly authors such as Updike and McInerney. Star Authors analyses literary celebrity in the context of the historical links between literature, advertising and publicity in America; the economics of literary production; and the cultural capital involved in the marketing and consumption of books and authors. 606 $aAmerican literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAuthors and readers$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPopular culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCelebrities$zUnited States 606 $aCanon (Literature) 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAuthors and readers$xHistory 615 0$aPopular culture$xHistory 615 0$aCelebrities 615 0$aCanon (Literature) 676 $a810.9/0054 700 $aMoran$b Joe$f1970-$0876250 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780201203321 996 $aStar authors$93802440 997 $aUNINA