Texts, Talks and Tailoring: Adichie and her Fashion Politics
Matthew Lecznar assesses the fashion politics of Adichie's fiction and public discourse Matthew Lecznar (University of Sussex) identifies th...
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Art and Action: The Intersections of Literary Celebrity and Politics
In line with a long literary tradition of the artist as propagandist, who strives to appeal to the political, moral, and social conscience of his/her readership, writers have persistently cr...
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6 episodesHemingway vs Gellhorn: A Famous D-Day Rivalry
Kate McLoughlin offers an intriguing case study of the gendering of writerly fame. Kate McLoughlin (University of Oxford) talks about the te...
Between Morality and the Marketplace: Literary Celebrity and the Transatlantic Anti-Slavery Movement
Simon Morgan discusses the tensions within the transatlantic anti-slavery movement between literary celebrity and moral responsibility. Simo...
The Rhetoric of Fame: Persuading the People in Early Modern England
Kate De Rycker demonstrates that the social role of 16th-century English writers was becoming increasingly affected by the developing concep...
Disraeli's 'Spectre of Unsatisfied Ambition': Literary Celebrity in/and Political Office
Sandra Mayer explores Disraeli's dual commitment to art and action against the background of Victorian celebrity culture. Benjamin Disraeli'...
Authorship, Politics, Celebrity: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives
In this roundtable discussion, Caroline Davis, Olivier Driessens, and Peter D McDonald reflect on literature as a mode of public interventio...