Star authors : literary celebrity in America /

Star authors : literary celebrity in America /

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Author / Creator:	Moran, Joe, 1970-
Imprint:	London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2000.
Description:	1 online resource (187 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Acker, Kathy, -- 1948-1997 -- Appreciation -- United States. DeLillo, Don -- Appreciation -- United States. Updike, John -- Appreciation -- United States. Roth, Philip -- Appreciation -- United States. Acker, Kathy, -- 1948-1997. DeLillo, Don. Roth, Philip. Updike, John. American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Authors and readers -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Celebrities -- United States. Canon (Literature) American literature. Art appreciation. Authors and readers. Canon (Literature) Celebrities. Popular culture. United States. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11116666

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ISBN:	0585425876 9780585425870 9781849645256 1849645256 0745315194 9780745315195 0745315240 9780745315249
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Notes:	Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Sussex. Includes bibliographical references and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	In America, authors are as likely to be seen on television talk shows or magazine covers as in the more traditional settings of literary festivals or book signings. Is this literary celebrity just another result of 'dumbing down'? Yet another example of the mass media turning everything into entertainment? Or is it a much more unstable, complex phenomenon? And what does the American experience tell us about the future of British literary celebrity?In Star Authors, Joe Moran shows how publishers, the media and authors themselves create and disseminate literary celebrity. He looks at such famous contemporary authors as Toni Morrison, J.D. Salinger, Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo, John Updike, Philip Roth, Kathy Acker, Nicholson Baker, Paul Auster and Jay McInerney. Through an examination of their own work, biographical information, media representations and promotional material, Moran illustrates the nature of modern literary celebrity. He argues that authors actively negotiate their own celebrity rather than simply having it imposed upon them - from reclusive authors such as Salinger and Pynchon, famed for their very lack of public engagement, to media-friendly authors such as Updike and McInerney. Star Authors analyses literary celebrity in the context of the historical links between literature, advertising and publicity in America; the economics of literary production; and the cultural capital involved in the marketing and consumption of books and authors.
Other form:	Print version: Moran, Joe, 1970- Star authors. London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2000 0745315194

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction: The Charismatic Illusion
Part 1. Cultural Contexts
2. Mark Twain Absurdity: Literature and Publicity in America
3. The Reign of Hype: The Contemporary Star System
4. Disembodied Images: Authors, Authorship and Celebrity
Part 2. Star Authors
5. The Scribe of Suburbia: John Updike
6. Reality Shift: Philip Roth
7. Silence, Exile, Cunning and So On: Don DeLillo
8. A Star of Bohemia: Kathy Acker
9. Conclusion: A 'Meet the Author' Culture