Systems of literary lionism -- Keats, lyric and personality -- The Cenci's celebrity -- Shelley's glamour -- The atmosphere of authorship: Landon, Byron and literary culture -- Elizabeth Barrett Browning and the energies of fandom
Summary
While artistically ambitious poets of the era are often characterized as preferring a lasting future fame to contemporary popularity, this book reveals that a sophisticated, strategic and fascinated engagement with new modes of fame was central to the experiments with literary form of poets such as Byron, Keats, Shelley and Barrett Browning
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-193) and index