This book maps the history of literary celebrity from the early nineteenth century to the present, paying special attention to the authors’ crafting of their writerly self as well as the afterlife of their public image. Case studies are John Keats, Edgar Allan Poe, Eliza Cook, Herman Melville, Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Stein, J.D. Salinger and Zadie Smith.Literary celebrity is part and parcel of modern literary culture, yet it continues to raise intriguing questions about the nature of authorship, writerly fame and the tension between authorial self-fashioning and public appropriation. This volume provides unique insights into the phenomenon.

Celebrity Authorship and Afterlives in English and American Literature

Literature & Fiction

Honings, Rick

United States

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Star Authors in the Age of Romanticism: Literary Celebrity in the Netherlands

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Leiden University Press

Een Indische Vrouw In Maleisië: Een Onbekend Reisverhaal Van Dé-lilah Uit 1897

Walburg Pers Bv

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