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Book Review: The Frenzy of Renown – Fame and Its History by Leo Braudy
What makes fame so alluring to audiences and yet so disillusioning for the object of fame? How have the criteria for what deserves or attracts fame changed in different historical eras? What makes people famous? Is it their exemplary conduct … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alexander the Great, Charles Lindberg, history, individuality, mass culture, P.T. Barnum, review, uniqueness, Walt Whitman
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