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The Feminization of Fame 1750-1830 /

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This book addresses the literary, cultural and historical questions surrounding the reconceptualization of fame between 1750-1830. It examines genres from history writing to literature, public and private memoirs to political treatises in English and in French in order to explore 'The age of pe...

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Main Author: Brock, Claire (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Series:Palgrave studies in the Enlightenment, romanticism and cultures of print.
Subjects:
History.
Cultural History.
European History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
History of France.
Literature, general.
Modern History.
Civilization > History.
History, Modern.
Literature.
Europe > History.
France > History.
Great Britain > History.
Electronic books.
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Summary:This book addresses the literary, cultural and historical questions surrounding the reconceptualization of fame between 1750-1830. It examines genres from history writing to literature, public and private memoirs to political treatises in English and in French in order to explore 'The age of personality's' obsession with instantaneous publicity.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 242 pages)
ISBN:9780230286450
DOI:10.1057/9780230286450