Byron's Romantic Celebrity: Industrial Culture and the Hermeneutic of Intimacy (Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print) (Hardcover)

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Byron's Romantic Celebrity offers a new history and theory of modern celebrity. It argues that celebrity is a cultural apparatus that emerged in response to the Romantic industrialization of print and culture and that Lord Byron should be understood as one of its earliest examples and most astute critics. Under that rubric, it investigates the often strained interactions of artistic endeavour and commercial enterprise, the material conditions of Byron's publications, and the place of celebrity culture in history of the self.

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This innovative monograph provides a historical dimension missing from current writing on celebrity culture and a new account of Lord Byron's career.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; illustrated edition edition (October 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1403999937
• ISBN-13: 978-1403999931
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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