Spectacular Disappearances [electronic resource] : Celebrity and Privacy, 1696-1801 / Julia H. Fawcett

Author:: Fawcett, Julia H.
Published:: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2016.
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (pages cm)
Additional Creators:: Project Muse

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Contents:

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.

Subject(s):

Celebrities—Great Britain—History—18th century
English literature—18th century—History and criticism
Fame—Social aspects—Great Britain—History—18th century
Privacy—Great Britain—History—18th century
Theater—Great Britain—History—18th century
Great Britain—Civilization—18th century

ISBN:

0472121804
9780472121809
047211980X
9780472119806 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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