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Author Honings, Rick, 1984- author.

Title Star authors in the age of Romanticism : literary celebrity in the Netherlands / Rick Honings.

Publication Info. [Leiden, The Netherlands] : Leiden University Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Book collections on Project MUSE.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Calvinist Celebrity: Willem Bilderdijk; 2 Poet of the Nation: Hendrik Tollens; 3 From Dutch Byron to National Symbol: Nicolaas Beets; 4 The Piet Paaltjens Myth: François HaverSchmidt; 5 Messiah with Girls: Multatuli; 6 The Dutch Dynamic; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Summary Although there has always been a fascination for famous people, the invention of modern celebrity culture goes back to the nineteenth century. During Romanticism the position of the author changed, but also that of the public with the phenomenon of the fan and associated fandom coming into existence. In Star Authors in the Age of Romanticism Dutch literary celebrity culture is analysed and embedded in the international discourse on this subject. Internationally, scholarly attention has over the last years been given to literary celebrity. This book supplies the Dutch dynamic to the international.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-269) and index.
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Subject Dutch literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Dutch literature.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Authors and readers -- Netherlands -- History -- 19th century.
Authors and readers.
Netherlands.
Celebrities -- Netherlands -- History -- 19th century.
History.
Poets, Dutch -- 19th century.
Poets, Dutch.
Celebrities.
Literature: history and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General.
Literature: history and criticism.
History of ideas.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Honings, Rick. Star Authors in the Age of Romanticism : Literary Celebrity in the Netherlands. Leiden : Leiden University Press, ©2018 9789087283087
ISBN 9400603223 (electronic book)
9789400603226 (electronic book)
9789087283087
9087283083