Byron's romantic celebrity : industrial culture and the hermeneutic of intimacy

This thesis argues that modern celebrity culture took shape in the Romantic period, and that Byron should be understood as one of its earliest examples and most astute critics. It investigates the often strained interactions of artistic endeavour and commercial enterprise, the material conditions of...

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Main Author: Mole, Thomas Seymour
Published: University of Bristol 2003
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.274666