Table of Contents
List of Figures vii
Preface Antoine Lilti ix
Introduction Anais Pédron Clare Siviter 1
Theorizing Celebrity
1 Immortality in This World": Reconfiguring Celebrity and Monument in the Romantic Period Chris Haffenden 21
2 The Scholar as Celebrity: Anquetil-Duperron's Discours Préliminaire Blake Smith 44
3 The Physiognomies of Virtuosi in Paris, 1830-1848 Meacan Mason 65
Representing Celebrity
4 "To Perdition": Politicians, Players, and the Press Anna Senkiw 93
5 Chiron's Strategies to Achieve Celebrity and Glory Anal's Pédron 117
6 Celebrity-Thou Art Translated! Corinne in England Miranda Kiek 137
7 Celebrity Across Borders: The Chevalier d'Eon Clare Siviter 157
Inheriting Celebrity
8 "Knowing My Family": Dynastic Recognition in Eighteenth-Century Celebrity Culture Emrys D. Jones 181
9 Princes of the Public Sphere: Visibility, Performance, and Princely Political Activism, 1771-1774 Gabriel Wick 203
10 Ancient Parallels to Eighteenth-Century Concepts of Celebrity Ariane Viktoria Fichtl 225
11 The Celebrity, Reputation, and Glory of the Empire and Restoration France through the Lens of Adèle de Boigne's Memoirs Laure Philip 248
Bibliography 269
Index 297
About the Contributors 303