Celebrity Authorship and Afterlives in English and American Literature
This book maps the history of literary celebrity from the early nineteenth century to the present, paying special attention to the authors’ crafting of their writerly self as well as the afterlife of their public image. Case studies are John Keats, Edgar
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Gaston Franssen & Rick Honings
Celebrity Authorship and Afterlives in English and American Literature
Gaston Franssen • Rick Honings Editors
Celebrity Authorship and Afterlives in English and American Literature
Editors Gaston Franssen Faculty of Humanities University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Rick Honings Faculty of Humanities Leiden University Leiden, The Netherlands
ISBN 978-1-137-55867-1 ISBN 978-1-137-55868-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-55868-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016952835 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Macmillan Publishers Ltd. London
Acknowledgements
The editors would like to thank Alexis Easley, Eric Eisner, Kevin J. Hayes, Odile Heynders, Evert Jan van Leeuwen, Sandra Mayer and Rod Rosenquist for sharing their ideas and expertise with us. All flaws in this volume, of course, are ours alone. We would also like to thank Benjamin Doyle and Tomas René at Palgrave Macmillan for their belief in our project, Karin Dona of Tekst & Toespraak Editors, and Nina Bresser and Sophie Chapple of Bresser-Chapple Copy, Proofing and Translation, for their editorial support and great patience, as well as Eli ten Lohuis for her translation of our Introduction. We have received financial support from the University of Amsterdam, the University of Leiden and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).
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Contents
1 Introduction: Starring the Author 1 Gaston Franssen and Rick Honings 2 A Friendly Return of the Author: John Keats (1795–1821) 23 Eric Eisner 3 Hero of Horror: Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) 43 Evert Jan van Leeuwen 4 Victoria
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