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Sentiment and Celebrity: Nathaniel Parker Willis and the Trials of Literary Fame
Baker, Thomas N. (Visiting Lecturer, Department of American Studies, Visiting Lecturer, Department of American Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Sentiment and Celebrity: Nathaniel Parker Willis and the Trials of Literary Fame
Baker, Thomas N. (Visiting Lecturer, Department of American Studies, Visiting Lecturer, Department of American Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
This volume tells the story of a man the "New York Times" once called "the most talked-about author in America." A widely admired, if controversial, master of the sentimental appeal, poet and "magazinist" Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806-1867) was a pioneer in the modern business of celebrity.
264 pages, 18 halftones
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | March 18, 1999 |
ISBN13 | 9780195120738 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
Pages | 272 |
Dimensions | 157 × 236 × 25 mm · 544 g |