Celebrity across the channel, 1750-1850 / edited by Anaïs Pédron and Clare Siviter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pédron, Anaïs, editor.

Siviter, Clare, editor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Performing celebrity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fame--History--18th century.

Fame.

Fame--History--19th century.

Celebrities--France--History--18th century.

Celebrities.

Celebrities--France--History--19th century.

Celebrities--Great Britain--History--18th century.

France.

Great Britain.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Newark : University of Delaware Press, [2021]

Summary:

"This edited volume is the first to study and compare the concept of celebrity in France and Britain from 1750 to 1850, as the two countries transformed into the states we recognize today. It offers a transnational perspective by placing scholarship from the field of celebrity studies as it has grown in the two countries in dialogue, especially by engaging with Antoine Lilti's seminal French-language work, The Invention of Celebrity, which was translated into English in 2017. With contributions from a diverse range of scholarly perspectives, the volume has a firmly interdisciplinary scope over the time period examined, which was an era marked by social, political, and cultural upheaval. Bringing together such fields as history, politics, literature, theater studies, and musicology, the essays cover celebrities from royalty to adventurers and philosophers, and explore celebrity on micro and macro levels, from the vibrant world of the theater to the emerging field of science. The careful ordering of chapters allows for new readings of the similarities and differences in the understanding of celebrity in Britain and France. Consequently, the volume builds upon the questions that are currently at the heart of celebrity studies to offer the first truly comparative analysis of celebrity across the Channel from 1750 to 1850, initiating a productive dialogue across disciplines"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. "Immortality In This World": Reconfiguring Celebrity And Monument In The Romantic Period / Anais Pedron / Clare Siviter

2. The Scholar As Celebrity: Anquetil-Duperron's Discours Preliminaire / Chris Haffenden

3. The Physiognomies Of Virtuosi In Paris, 1830-1848 / Blake Smith

4. "To Perdition": Politicians, Players, And The Press / Meagan Mason

5. Clairon's Strategies To Achieve Celebrity And Glory / Anna Senkiw

6. Celebrity-thou Art Translated! Corinne In England / Anais Pedron

7. Celebrity Across Borders: The Chevalier d'Eon / Miranda Kiek

8. "Knowing My Family": Dynastic Recognition In Eighteenth-Century Celebrity Culture / Clare Siviter

9. Princes Of The Public Sphere: Visibility, Performance, And Princely Political Activism, 1771-1774 / Emrys D. Jones

10. Ancient Parallels To Eighteenth-Century Concepts Of Celebrity / Gabriel Wick

11. The Celebrity, Reputation, And Glory Of The Empire And Restoration France Through The Lens Of Adele De Boigne's Memoirs / Ariane Viktoria Fichtl.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-295) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Celebrity across the channel, 1750-1850

ISBN:

9781644532126

1644532123

9781644532133

1644532131

OCLC:

1224585203