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The Frenzy of Renown

Fame and Its History

The Frenzy of Renown( )
Author: Braudy, Leo
ISBN:978-0-19-504003-6
Publication Date:Sep 1986
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $65.00
Book Description:

The lust for recognition has become so great in the twentieth century as to manifest itself in outright insanities--ranging from mass murderers in search of headlines to the frustrated author who buzzed the UN in order to force his publisher to give his book more attention. What is behind the drive to become famous? How did fame become such a pervasive feature of modern culture? In The Frenzy of Renown, Leo Braudy shows that, far from being just a twentieth-century obsession, fame has...
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Book Details
Pages:662
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Popular Culture
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):16.205 x 24.13 x 3.97 cm
Book Weight:1.22 Kilograms



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