LEADER 03573cam 2200661 i 4500001 on1293985656 003 OCoLC 005 20221026171054.0 008 220127s2022 deua b 001 0 eng 010 2021045858 020 9781644532645 020 1644532646 |qpaperback 020 9781644532652 |qhardcover 020 1644532654 |qhardcover 020 |z9781644532669 |qelectronic publication 020 |z9781644532676 |qelectronic book 035 (Sirsi) o1293985656 035 (OCoLC)1293985656 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dOCLCF |dOCLCO |dOSU |dYDX |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 e-uk---e-uk-en 050 00 PR756.B56 |bM35 2022 082 04 820.9492 |223/eng/20220815 245 00 Making stars : |bbiography and celebrity in eighteenth-century Britain / |cedited by Nora Nachumi and Kristina Straub. 264 1 Newark : |bUniversity of Delaware Press, |c[2022] 300 xii, 381 pages : |billustrations ; |c24 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 Performing celebrity 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 "In bringing biography and celebrity together, the essays in Making Stars interrogate contemporary and current understandings of each. Although biography was not invented in the eighteenth century, the period saw the emergence of works that focus on individuals who are interesting as much, if not more, for their everyday, lived experience than for their status or actions. At the same time, celebrity emerged as public fascination for the private lives of publicly visible individuals. Biography and celebrity are mutually constitutive, but in complex and varied ways that this volume unpacks. Contributors to this volume present us a picture of eighteenth-century celebrity that was mediated across multiple sites, demonstrating that eighteenth-century celebrity culture in Britain was more pervasive, diverse and, in many ways, more egalitarian, than previously supposed"-- |cProvided by publisher. 650 0 English prose literature |y18th century |xHistory and criticism. |=^A63510 650 0 Celebrities |zGreat Britain |xHistory |y18th century. |=^A260844 650 0 Biography as a literary form. |=^A24894 650 0 Fame |xHistory |y18th century. |=^A194182 651 0 England |xCivilization |y18th century. |=^A48525 650 2 Biographies as Topic |0(DNLM)D001680 |=^A918374 650 7 biographies (literary works) |2aat |0(CStmoGRI)aat300080102 650 7 Biography as a literary form. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00832172 650 7 Celebrities. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00850072 650 7 Civilization. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00862898 650 7 English prose literature. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00912357 650 7 Fame. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00920123 651 7 England. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01219920 |?UNAUTHORIZED 651 7 Great Britain. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204623 |?UNAUTHORIZED 648 7 1700-1799 |2fast 655 7 Criticism, interpretation, etc. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411635 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 700 1 Nachumi, Nora |eeditor. |=^A785741 700 1 Straub, Kristina, |d1951- |eeditor. |=^A221247 830 0 Performing celebrity. |=^A1435760 949 Order on Demand |wASIS |hJOYNER219 960 |o1 |s49.95 |uJENG |zUSD 961 |fDMD |m138099 596 1 998 5916277