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1 online resource (ix, 280 pages) |
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BiblioLabs.
Books.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-261) and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
Fawcett theorizes over-expression as the unique quality that allows celebrities to meet their spectators' demands for disclosure without giving themselves away. Like a spotlight so brilliant it is blinding, these exaggerated self-representations suggest a new way of understanding key aspects of celebrity culture, in the 18th century and today. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2016. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2016 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
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Open Access Publishing in European Networks Directory of Open Access Books |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Language |
Text in English. |
| Subject |
Celebrities -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Celebrities. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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Fame -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Fame -- Social aspects. |
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English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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Theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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English literature. |
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Privacy -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Theater. |
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Great Britain -- Civilization -- 18th century.
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Privacy. |
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Civilization. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. |
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Historische Persönlichkeit. |
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Selbstdarstellung. |
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Privatsphäre. |
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Großbritannien. |
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1700-1799 |
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PERFORMING ARTS / General. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Spectacular Disappearances Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016] 9780472119806 (hardcover : alk. paper) (DLC) 2015044817 |
| ISBN |
9780472119806 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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9780472121809 (electronic book) |
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0472121804 (electronic book) |
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9780472900619 (electronic book) |
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0472900617 (electronic book) |
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047211980X |
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9780472119806 |
| Standard No. |
10.3998/mpub.8748948 |
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