Constructing Charisma

Edward Berenson is Professor of History and French Studies and Director of the Institute of French Studies at New York University. His numerous publications include The Trial of Madame Caillaux (University of California Press 1992) and Heroes of Empire: Five Charismatic Men and Europe's Quest for Africa, (University of California Press 2010). Eva Giloi is Assistant Professor in the History Department at Rutgers University, Newark. Her book Monarchy, Myth, and Material Culture in Germany 1750-1950 is forthcoming from Cambridge University Press in 2010.

" - the collection offers a refreshing addition to celebrity studies scholarship for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is its European frame of reference. By focusing on Britain, France, and Germany, the book throws into relief the field's overemphasis on the United States as the archetype of celebrity culture - [Its] greatest strength is the careful attention paid to the culture of the image and to visual performance throughout." * Critical Quarterly "This is a persuasive and timely collection. Celebrity and charisma are very much on the current research agenda. This volume deals with these issues in a serious, insightful manner, making an original contribution to what is now a rising field of study." * Philip Nord, Princeton University

• Introduction Edward Berenson and Eva Giloi Part I: Constructing Charisma Chapter 1. "Charisma and the Making of Imperial Heroes in Britain and France, 1880-1914." Edward Berenson Chapter 2. "'So Writes the Hand that Swings the Sword': Autograph-hunting and Royal Charisma in the German Empire, 1861-1888." Eva Giloi Chapter 3. "The Workings of Royal Celebrity: Wilhelm II as Media Emperor." Martin Kohlrausch Part II: Celebrity as Performance Chapter 4. "From the Top: Liszt's Aristocratic Airs." Dana Gooley Chapter 5. "Celebrity Gifting: Mallarme and the Poetics of Fame." Emily Apter Chapter 6. "Rethinking Female Celebrity: The Eccentric Star of Nineteenth-Century France." Mary Louise Roberts Part III: The Politics of Fame Chapter 7. "Byron, Death, and the Afterlife." Stephen Minta Chapter 8. "The Historical Actor." Peter Fritzsche Chapter 9. "Celebrity, Patriotism, and Sarah Bernhardt." Kenneth E. Silver Chapter 10. "Heroes, Celebrity and the Theater in Fin-de-Siecle France: Cyrano de Bergerac." Venita Datta Conclusion: "Secular Anointings: Fame, Celebrity, and Charisma in the First Century of Mass Culture. Leo Braudy