- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- List of Illustrations
- List of Abbreviations
- I The Reading World
- 1 Back to the Future: Authors at the Movies
- 2 Consenting and Dissenting Bibliophiles in Public and Private
- 3 Literary Advice and Advisers
- 4 Reviews and Reviewers
- 5 The Great Tradition
- 6 The Commemoration Movement
- 7 English Literature’s Foreign Relations; or, ‘’E dunno où il est!’*
- II Writers and the Public: the Price of Fame
- 8 Product Advertising and Self-Advertising
- 9 The Star Turn
- 10 Playing the Press: Entry and Exposure
- 11 Securing the Future
- 12 Titles and Laurels
- 13 Social Prestige and Clubbability
- 14 The Aristocratic Round and Salon Circle
- 15 Looking and Acting the Part
- 16 Lecture Tours
- 17 Literary Properties and Agencies
- III Best-sellers
- 18 Market Conditions
- 19 In Cupid’s Chains: Charles Garvice
- 20 Hymns and Heroines: Florence Barclay
- 21 The Epic Ego: Hall Caine
- 22 The Demonic Dreamer: Marie Corelli
- 23 Authors at Play: Nat Gould Leads the Field
- IV Writers and the Public: Penmen as Pundits
- 24 The Campaign Trail
- 25 Public Service and Party Politics
- 26 Pens at War
- 27 Pricking Censorship
- 28 Theology versus Sociology and Psychology
- Bibliography
- Index of Book, Essay, Pamphlet, Play, Poem and Short Story Titles
- General Index
The Star Turn
The Star Turn
- Chapter:
- (p.364) 9 The Star Turn
- Source:
- Writers, Readers, and Reputations
- Author(s):
Philip Waller (Contributor Webpage)
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Another aspect of writers' celebrity status was the hero worship they attracted. Poets such as Swinburne and Tennyson were famed for their dramatic readings. Literary tourism developed, with fans visiting authors' birthplaces, homes, or haunts. Many moaned about the invasion of privacy but many more cultivated attention. Autograph collectors pursued famous writers, who were also the recipients of a vast and varied correspondence arising out of their work. Fans named children and pet animals after favourite writers or their characters. Aspirant writers would seek out well-known writers in the hope of gaining encouragement and endorsement; but well-known writers equally abased themselves before the more distinguished, by signing memorial addresses or celebrating anniversaries. Writers featured here include J. M. Barrie, A. C. Benson, Samuel Butler, Hall Caine, Lewis Carroll, G. K. Chesterton, Conan Doyle, Thomas Hardy, Silas K. Hocking, George Meredith, Alice Meynell, and H. G. Wells.
Keywords: celebrity status, fans, autograph collectors, correspondence
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- List of Illustrations
- List of Abbreviations
- I The Reading World
- 1 Back to the Future: Authors at the Movies
- 2 Consenting and Dissenting Bibliophiles in Public and Private
- 3 Literary Advice and Advisers
- 4 Reviews and Reviewers
- 5 The Great Tradition
- 6 The Commemoration Movement
- 7 English Literature’s Foreign Relations; or, ‘’E dunno où il est!’*
- II Writers and the Public: the Price of Fame
- 8 Product Advertising and Self-Advertising
- 9 The Star Turn
- 10 Playing the Press: Entry and Exposure
- 11 Securing the Future
- 12 Titles and Laurels
- 13 Social Prestige and Clubbability
- 14 The Aristocratic Round and Salon Circle
- 15 Looking and Acting the Part
- 16 Lecture Tours
- 17 Literary Properties and Agencies
- III Best-sellers
- 18 Market Conditions
- 19 In Cupid’s Chains: Charles Garvice
- 20 Hymns and Heroines: Florence Barclay
- 21 The Epic Ego: Hall Caine
- 22 The Demonic Dreamer: Marie Corelli
- 23 Authors at Play: Nat Gould Leads the Field
- IV Writers and the Public: Penmen as Pundits
- 24 The Campaign Trail
- 25 Public Service and Party Politics
- 26 Pens at War
- 27 Pricking Censorship
- 28 Theology versus Sociology and Psychology
- Bibliography
- Index of Book, Essay, Pamphlet, Play, Poem and Short Story Titles
- General Index
