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9780745315249

Star Authors Literary Celebrity in America

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  • ISBN13:

    9780745315249

  • ISBN10:

    0745315240

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-02-20
  • Publisher: Pluto Press
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Summary

Shows how publishers, media and authors themselves create and disseminate literary celebrity. Authors discussed include Toni Morrison, J.D. Salinger, Thomas Pynchon and Don DeLillo.

Author Biography

Joe Moran is Lecturer in English and American Studies at Liverpool John Moores University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii
Introduction: The Charismatic Illusion
1(14)
Part One: Cultural Contexts
Mark Twain Absurdity: Literature and Publicity in America
15(20)
The Reign of Hype: The Contemporary Star System
35(23)
Disembodied Images: Authors, Authorship and Celebrity
58(25)
Part Two: Star Authors
The Scribe of Suburbia: John Updike
83(17)
Reality Shift: Philip Roth
100(16)
Silence, Exile, Cunning and So On: Don DeLillo
116(16)
A Star of Bohemia: Kathy Acker
132(17)
Conclusion: A `Meet the Author' Culture
149(13)
Notes 162(19)
Index 181

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