ELH., Volume 74Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007 ELH publishes studies that interpret the conditions affecting major works in English and American literature. The journal seeks to emphasize the importance of historical continuity in the discipline of letters without sponsoring particular methods or aims. |
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... celebrity as a modern form of fame . We might say that the phenomenon of celebrity starts to reconfigure the value of notoriety , converting it from a negative to a positive value . One of the primary features of celebrity as distinct ...
... celebrity as a modern form of fame . We might say that the phenomenon of celebrity starts to reconfigure the value of notoriety , converting it from a negative to a positive value . One of the primary features of celebrity as distinct ...
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... celebrity was , then , his ability to effect an enchanted form of scandal . Mesmerized accounts of Byronism regard this celebrity power as volitional , the pure effect of authorial will . However , this celebrity is more appropriately ...
... celebrity was , then , his ability to effect an enchanted form of scandal . Mesmerized accounts of Byronism regard this celebrity power as volitional , the pure effect of authorial will . However , this celebrity is more appropriately ...
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... celebrity strike at the heart of Byron's contemporary celebrity image , but they are also gifts to Byron and Byronism which , as Murray recognized , do them not harm but the contrary . Despite this , Lamb's gift is one that both Byron ...
... celebrity strike at the heart of Byron's contemporary celebrity image , but they are also gifts to Byron and Byronism which , as Murray recognized , do them not harm but the contrary . Despite this , Lamb's gift is one that both Byron ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 1 |
Space and Place in Paradise Lost | 27 |
Tainted Love and Romantic Literary Celebrity | 59 |
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