Bettymania and the Birth of Celebrity Culture, by Jeffrey Kahan

Authors

  • Celestine Woo SUNY Empire State

Abstract

Kahan, Jeffrey. Bettymania and the Birth of Celebrity Culture. Bethlehem, Penn.: Lehigh University Press, 2010.

Author Biography

Celestine Woo, SUNY Empire State

Celestine Woo has been an English Professor for twenty years, most recently as an Associate Professor at SUNY Empire State. She writes on Shakespeare and film, nineteenth-century Shakespearean actresses, among many topics. She is the author of Romantic Actors and Bardolatry: Performing Shakespeare from Garrick to Kean (New York: Peter Lang, 2008).

Issue Cover text: B&L, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2013. Image: 19th century actress Sarah Bernhardt dressed as Hamlet poses holding Yorick's skull.

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Published

2013-05-01

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2013): Spring/Summer

Section

Book Reviews