Matthew Lecznar assesses the fashion politics of Adichie's fiction and public discourse Matthew Lecznar (University of Sussex) identifies the politics of fashion as central to the rise of Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to internationa

Hemingway vs Gellhorn: A Famous D-Day Rivalry

Apr 3rd, 2016 23m 21s

Kate McLoughlin offers an intriguing case study of the gendering of writerly fame. Kate McLoughlin (University of Oxford) talks about the textual war between Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn in the pages of Collier's Magazine in July 1944.

Between Morality and the Marketplace: Literary Celebrity and the Transatlantic Anti-Slavery Movement

Apr 3rd, 2016 26m

Simon Morgan discusses the tensions within the transatlantic anti-slavery movement between literary celebrity and moral responsibility. Simon Morgan (Leeds Beckett University) examines these tensions through the contrasting cases of Frederick D

The Rhetoric of Fame: Persuading the People in Early Modern England

Apr 3rd, 2016 27m 20s

Kate De Rycker demonstrates that the social role of 16th-century English writers was becoming increasingly affected by the developing concept of celebrity. By looking at the 'Marprelate Controversy', the 'paper war' between the fictional person

Disraeli's 'Spectre of Unsatisfied Ambition': Literary Celebrity in/and Political Office

Apr 2nd, 2016 32m 6s

Sandra Mayer explores Disraeli's dual commitment to art and action against the background of Victorian celebrity culture. Benjamin Disraeli's papers in the Bodleian Library allow for an intriguing glimpse into the public reception of his dual r

Authorship, Politics, Celebrity: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives

Apr 2nd, 2016 36m 28s

In this roundtable discussion, Caroline Davis, Olivier Driessens, and Peter D McDonald reflect on literature as a mode of public intervention. The members of this expert panel, chaired by Elleke Boehmer, explore the socio-political dimension of

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