Constructing charisma : celebrity, fame, and power in nineteenth-century Europe

Constructing charisma : celebrity, fame, and power in nineteenth-century Europe / edited by Edward Berenson and Eva Giloi.

Other author/creator	Berenson, Edward, 1949-
Other author/creator	Giloi, Eva, 1968-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : Berghahn Books, 2010.
Description	viii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Mass media--History --19th century. Europe--History --1789-1900.

Contents	Part I: Constructing charisma. Charisma and the making of imperial heroes in Britain and France, 1880-1914 / Edward Berenson ; "So writes the hand that swings the sword" : autograph hunting and royal charisma in the German empire, 1861-1888 / Eva Giloi ; The workings of royal celebrity : Wilhelm II as media emperor / Martin Kohlrausch -- Part II: Celebrity as performance. From the top : Liszt's aristocratic airs / Dana Gooley ; Celebrity gifting : Mallarmé and the poetics of fame / Emily Apter ; Rethinking female celebrity : the eccentric star of nineteenth-century France / Mary Louise Roberts -- Part III: The politics of fame. Byron, death, and the afterlife / Stephen Minta ; The historical actor / Peter Fritzsche ; Celebrity, patriotism, and Sarah Bernhardt / Kenneth E. Silver ; Heroes, celebrity, and the theater in fin-de-siècle France : Cyrano de Bergerac / Venita Datta -- Conclusion. Secular anointings : fame, celebrity, and charisma in the first century of mass culture / Leo Braudy.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2010010760
ISBN	9781845456948 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN	1845456947 (hardback : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	P90 .C66 2010	✔ Available	Place Hold