Spectacular Disappearances Celebrity and Privacy, 1696-1801 / Julia H. Fawcett.
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TextPublisher: University of Michigan Press, Manufacturer: Project MUSE, Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN: 9780472121809; 0472121804Subject(s): Privacy -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century | Theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century | English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism | Fame -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century | Celebrities -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century | Great Britian -- Civilization -- 18th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 305.5/2 LOC classification: DA485 | .F39 2016Online resources: Full text available: | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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