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Format: 1 online resource (244 p.)

ISBN: 9781845459772

Content: Railroads, telegraphs, lithographs, photographs, and mass periodicals—the major technological advances of the 19th century seemed to diminish the space separating people from one another, creating new and apparently closer, albeit highly mediated, social relationships. Nowhere was this phenomenon more evident than in the relationship between celebrity and fan, leader and follower, the famous and the unknown. By mid-century, heroes and celebrities constituted a new and powerful social force, as innovations in print and visual media made it possible for ordinary people to identify with the famous; to feel they knew the hero, leader, or "star"; to imagine that public figures belonged to their private lives. This volume examines the origins and nature of modern mass media and the culture of celebrity and fame they helped to create. Crossing disciplines and national boundaries, the book focuses on arts celebrities (Sarah Bernhardt, Byron and Liszt); charismatic political figures (Napoleon and Wilhelm II); famous explorers (Stanley and Brazza); and celebrated fictional characters (Cyrano de Bergerac).

Note: Frontmatter -- , CONTENTS -- , List of Illustrations -- , Introduction -- , Part I: Constructing Charisma -- , 1. Charisma and the Making of Imperial Heroes in Britain and France, 1880–1914 -- , 2. “So Writes the Hand that Swings the Sword” -- , 3. The Workings of Royal Celebrity -- , Part II: Celebrity as Performance -- , 4. From the Top -- , 5. Celebrity Gifting -- , 6. Rethinking Female Celebrity -- , Part III: The Politics of Fame -- , 7. Byron, Death, and the Afterlife -- , 8. The Historical Actor -- , 9. Celebrity, Patriotism, and Sarah Bernhardt -- , 10 Heroes, Celebrity, and the Theater in Fin-de-Siècle France -- , Conclusion: Secular Anointings -- , Notes -- , Notes on Contributors -- , Selected Bibliography -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781845459772

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781845459772

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781845459772

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781845459772

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781845459772

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 232 pages) , illustrations

ISBN: 9781845459772 , 1845459776

Content: Railroads, telegraphs, lithographs, photographs, and mass periodicals-the major technological advances of the 19th century seemed to diminish the space separating people from one another, creating new and apparently closer, albeit highly mediated, social relationships. Nowhere was this phenomenon more evident than in the relationship between celebrity and fan, leader and follower, the famous and the unknown. By mid-century, heroes and celebrities constituted a new and powerful social force, as innovations in print and visual media made it possible for ordinary people to identify with the fa

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Part I: Constructing charisma. Charisma and the making of imperial heroes in Britain and France, 1880-1914 / Edward Berenson ; "So writes the hand that swings the sword" : autograph hunting and royal charisma in the German empire, 1861-1888 / Eva Giloi ; The workings of royal celebrity : Wilhelm II as media emperor / Martin Kohlrausch -- Part II: Celebrity as performance. From the top : Liszt's aristocratic airs / Dana Gooley ; Celebrity gifting : Mallarmé and the poetics of fame / Emily Apter ; Rethinking female celebrity : the eccentric star of nineteenth-century France / Mary Louise Roberts -- Part III: The politics of fame. Byron, death, and the afterlife / Stephen Minta ; The historical actor / Peter Fritzsche ; Celebrity, patriotism, and Sarah Bernhardt / Kenneth E. Silver ; Heroes, celebrity, and the theater in fin-de-siècle France : Cyrano de Bergerac / Venita Datta -- Conclusion. Secular anointings : fame, celebrity, and charisma in the first century of mass culture / Leo Braudy.

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781845456948

Additional Edition: ISBN 1845456947

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Constructing charisma New York : Berghahn Books, 2010 ISBN 9781845456948

Language: English

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Author information: Giloi, Eva 1968-