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Rising Star: Dandyism, Gender, and Performance in the Fin de Siecle
Celebrity personalities, who reign over much of our cultural landscape, owe their fame not to specific deeds but to the ability to project a distinct personal image, to create an icon of the self. "Rising Star is a fascinating look at the roots of this particular form of celebrity. Here Rhonda Garelick locates a prototype of the star personality in the dandies and aes...more
Hardcover, 232 pages
Published
December 22nd 1997
by Princeton University Press
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Subtitle: "Dandyism, Gender, and Performance in the Fin de Siecle."
The first two chapters of the book were a complete snooze, with a detailed analysis of Mallarme, Balzac, Lorrain, and other boring dandy treatises. This was my second attempt at reading this book; I got less than 100 pages in last time around and found it too dull. I'm glad I gave it another go, because Chapter 3 was one of the most interesting and detailed accounts of the performances and engineering feats ...more
The first two chapters of the book were a complete snooze, with a detailed analysis of Mallarme, Balzac, Lorrain, and other boring dandy treatises. This was my second attempt at reading this book; I got less than 100 pages in last time around and found it too dull. I'm glad I gave it another go, because Chapter 3 was one of the most interesting and detailed accounts of the performances and engineering feats ...more
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