List of Illustrations
Antoine Lilti, Preface
AnaÏs PÉdron and Clare Siviter, Introduction
Section 1: Theorizing Celebrity
Chapter 1: Chris Haffenden, “‘Immortality in This World’: Reconfiguring Celebrity and Monument in the Romantic Period”
Chapter 2: Blake Smith, “The Scholar as Celebrity: Anquetil-Duperron’s Discours PrÉliminaire”
Chapter 3: Meagan Mason, “The Physiognomies of Virtuosi in Paris, 1830–1848”
Section 2: Representing Celebrity
Chapter 4: Anna Senkiw, “‘To Perdition’: Politicians, Players, and the Press”
Chapter 5: AnaÏs PÉdron, “Clairon’s Strategies to Achieve Celebrity and Glory”
Chapter 6: Miranda Kiek, “Celebrity-Thou Art Translated! Corinne in England”
Chapter 7: Clare Siviter, “Celebrity Across Borders: The Chevalier d’Eon”
Section 3: Inheriting Celebrity
Chapter 8: Emrys D. Jones: “‘Knowing My Family’: Dynastic Recognition in Eighteenth-Century Celebrity Culture”
Chapter 9: Gabriel Wick, “Princes of the Public Sphere: Visibility, Performance, and Princely Political Activism, 1771–1774”
Chapter 10: Ariane Viktoria Fichtl, “Ancient Parallels to Eighteenth-Century Concepts of Celebrity”
Chapter 11: Laure Philip, “The Celebrity, Reputation, and Glory of the Empire and Restoration France through the Lens of AdÈle de Boigne’s Memoirs”
Bibliography
About the Contributors
