Spectacular disappearances : celebrity and privacy, 1696-1801 / / Julia H. Fawcett |
Autore | Fawcett Julia H. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 280 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 305.52 |
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Soggetto topico |
Celebrities - Great Britain - History - 18th century
Fame - Social aspects - Great Britain - History - 18th century English literature - 18th century - History and criticism Theater - Great Britain - History - 18th century Privacy - Great Britain - History - 18th century |
ISBN |
9780472121809
9780472119806 047211980X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- 1. The celebrity emerges as the deformed king: Richard III, the king of the dunces, and the overexpression of Englishness -- 2. The growth of celebrity culture: Colley Cibber, Charlotte Charke, and the overexpression of gender -- 3. The canon of print: Laurence Sterne and the overexpression of character -- 4. The fate of overexpression in the age of sentiment: David Garrick, George Anne Bellamy, and the paradox of the actor -- 5. The memoirs of Perdita and the language of loss: Mary Robinson's alternative to overexpression -- Coda: overexpression and its legacy. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136928803321 |
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Spectacular disappearances : celebrity and privacy, 1696-1801 / / Julia H. Fawcett |
Autore | Fawcett Julia H. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 280 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 305.5/2 |
Soggetto topico |
Celebrities - Great Britain - History - 18th century
Fame - Social aspects - Great Britain - History - 18th century English literature - 18th century - History and criticism Theater - Great Britain - History - 18th century Privacy - Great Britain - History - 18th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
History
Autobiography Colley Cibber Garrick Club Laurence Sterne Pope The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy Gentleman Wig |
ISBN |
0-472-90061-7
0-472-12180-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- The celebrity emerges as the deformed king: Richard III, the king of the dunces, and the overexpression of Englishness -- The growth of celebrity culture: Colley Cibber, Charlotte Charke, and the overexpression of gender -- The canon of print: Laurence Sterne and the overexpression of character -- The fate of overexpression in the age of sentiment: David Garrick, George Anne Bellamy, and the paradox of the actor -- The memoirs of Perdita and the language of loss: Mary Robinson's alternative to overexpression -- Coda: overexpression and its legacy. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910137132903321 |
Fawcett Julia H.
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Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2016 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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