Holmes, D orcid.org/0000-0001-9079-3582 (2016) Negotiating the middlebrow: women writers and literary stardom in contemporary France. Celebrity Studies, 7 (4). ISSN 1939-2397
Abstract
This article examines the construction and functions of literary celebrity through the lens of a specific context, which may be termed ‘middlebrow’ women authors in contemporary France. Taking the two very different cases of bestselling novelists Anna Gavalda and Amélie Nothomb, the article examines the relationship between the textual qualities of each author’s work – the sine qua non of reader appeal and hence of celebrity itself – and the way that each performs the role of author in the face of French culture’s persistent belief that mass popular appeal is incompatible with authentic literary quality.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Celebrity Studies on 30th September 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/19392397.2016.1233706. |
Keywords: | middlebrow, women writers, bestsellers, readership, narrative performance, French culture |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > French (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 24 Jun 2016 11:36 |
Last Modified: | 30 Mar 2018 00:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/19392397.2016.1233706 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/19392397.2016.1233706 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:101396 |