Rising Star by Rhonda K Garelick
Celebrity personalities, who reign over much of our cultural landscape, owe their fame not to specific deeds, but to the ability to project a distinct personal image, to create an icon of the self. This book examines the roots of this particular form of celebrity.
Garelick.. has fascinating things to tell us about a series of literary treatments of dandyism--by Balzac and Baudelaire ... [it contains] an intriguing section on L'Eve Future ... and a riveting account of Loie Fuller. -- Simon Callow The Observer Original and indeed fascinating... Intelligently argued and elegantly written. Choice Rising Star is gracefully and clearly written, thoroughly researched, and copiously documented... By showing the affinities between nineteenth-century French culture and our own, Garelick sheds provocative new light on both. -- Gail Finney Modernism/Modernity
Rhonda K. Garelick is Assistant Professor of French at Connecticut College. She has written on European literature, mass culture, female performance, and modern dance. She is currently writing a book on the dancer Loie Fuller.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691012056 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691012059 |
| Title | Rising Star |
| Author | Rhonda K Garelick |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 1998-01-11 |
| Number of pages | 232 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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