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The frenzy of renown : fame & its history / Leo Braudy.
Van Pelt Library BJ1470.5 .B73 1986
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Braudy, Leo.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fame.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 649 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.
- Summary:
- Beginning with the Homeric epics and the exploits of Alexander the Great and proceeding right up to the current idolatry of media figures, Braudy explains how the definition of fame depends on the political and social system in which it is found, the culture's conception of what a person is, and, of course, the media available for the dissemination of images.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 599-623.
- ISBN:
- 0195040031
- OCLC:
- 12977462
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