The invention of celebrity : 1750-1850 /
Lilti, Antoine,author.
Jeffress, Lynn Carol Bird,translator.
Translation of: Figures publiques. L'invention de la célébrité. 1750-1850.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments Introduction -- Celebrity and Modernity Chapter 1 -- Voltaire in Paris "The Most Famous Man in Europe" Voltaire and Janot Chapter 2 -- Society of the Spectacle The Birth of Stars: The Economics of Celebrity Scandal at the Opera "Something Idolatrous" A European Celebrity The Invention of the Fan(atic) Chapter 3 -- A First Media Revolution The Visual Culture of Celebrity Public Figurines Idols and Marionettes "Heroes of the Hour" Private Lives, Public Figures Chapter 4 -- From Glory to Celebrity Trumpeting Fame Conceptualizing Celebrity Celebrity "Chastisement for Merit" Chapter 5 -- Loneliness of the Celebrity "The Celebrity of Misfortune" Friend Jean-Jacques Eccentricity, Exemplarity, Celebrity The Burden of Celebrity Rousseau Judges Jean-Jacques The Disfiguration Chapter 6 -- The Power of Celebrity A Fashion Victim? Revolutionary Popularity The President is a Great Man Sunset Island Chapter 7 -- Romanticism and Celebrity Byromania Prestige and obligations Women Seduced and Public Women Virtuosos Celebrity in America Democratic Popularity and Popular Sovereignty "Celebrities of the Hour" Towards a New Age of Celebrity Conclusion Postface to the English edition Notes Illustration credits Index.
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