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Star authors in the age of Romanticism : literary celebrity in the Netherlands / Rick Honings.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: [Leiden, The Netherlands] : Leiden University Press, (c)2018.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9400603223
  • 9789400603226
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PT5170 .S737 2018
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Contents:
Subject: Although there has always been a fascination for famous people, the invention of modern celebrity culture goes back to the nineteenth century. During Romanticism the position of the author changed, but also that of the public with the phenomenon of the fan and associated fandom coming into existence. In Star Authors in the Age of Romanticism Dutch literary celebrity culture is analysed and embedded in the international discourse on this subject. Internationally, scholarly attention has over the last years been given to literary celebrity. This book supplies the Dutch dynamic to the international.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Calvinist Celebrity: Willem Bilderdijk; 2 Poet of the Nation: Hendrik Tollens; 3 From Dutch Byron to National Symbol: Nicolaas Beets; 4 The Piet Paaltjens Myth: François HaverSchmidt; 5 Messiah with Girls: Multatuli; 6 The Dutch Dynamic; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Although there has always been a fascination for famous people, the invention of modern celebrity culture goes back to the nineteenth century. During Romanticism the position of the author changed, but also that of the public with the phenomenon of the fan and associated fandom coming into existence. In Star Authors in the Age of Romanticism Dutch literary celebrity culture is analysed and embedded in the international discourse on this subject. Internationally, scholarly attention has over the last years been given to literary celebrity. This book supplies the Dutch dynamic to the international.

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