It / Joseph Roach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roach, Joseph R., 1947-

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--Philosophy.

Theater.

Physical Description:

ix, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2007]

Summary:

That mysterious characteristic "It"-"the easily perceived but hard-to-define quality possessed by abnormally interesting people"-is the subject of Joseph Roach's engrossing new book, which crisscrosses centuries and continents with a deep playfulness that entertains while it enlightens. Roach traces the origins of "It" back to the period following the Restoration, persuasively linking the sex appeal of today's celebrity figures with the attraction of those who lived centuries before. The book includes guest appearances by King Charles II, Samuel Pepys, Flo Ziegfeld, Johnny Depp, Elinor Glyn, Clara Bow, the Second Duke of Buckingham, John Dryden, Michael Jackson, and Lady Diana, among others.

Contents:

1 Accessories 45

2 Clothes 82

3 Hair 117

4 Skin 146

5 Flesh 174

6 Bone 205.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-250) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780472099368

0472099361

9780472069361

0472069365

OCLC:

76481507