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In this work, the author argues that Byron's popularity, especially among women, marked the beginning of celebrity as a cultural industry. She postulates that 'Byromania' marked the emergence of a celebrity culture and a feminisation of popular culture that has endured to the present day.
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Byromania and the Birth of Celebrity Culture
2010, State University of New York Press
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Byromania and the birth of celebrity culture
2009, State University of New York Press
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Byromania and the Birth of Celebrity Culture
2009, State University of New York Press
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Table of Contents
The blazing muse : hysteria and the politics of popularity
Convulsions in rhyme : the Turkish tales
Periodical hysteria : literary commodification and the problem of authority
Conjuring Byron : subjectivity and the operations of fan culture
Afterword: materializing Byron.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.


