Fawcett, Julia H., author. text eng Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-261) and index. Introduction -- The celebrity emerges as the deformed king: Richard III, the king of the dunces, and the overexpression of Englishness -- The growth of celebrity culture: Colley Cibber, Charlotte Charke, and the overexpression of gender -- The canon of print: Laurence Sterne and the overexpression of character -- The fate of overexpression in the age of sentiment: David Garrick, George Anne Bellamy, and the paradox of the actor -- The memoirs of Perdita and the language of loss: Mary Robinson's alternative to overexpression -- Coda: overexpression and its legacy. Description based on print version record; resource not viewed. Celebrities--Great Britain--History--18th century. English literature--18th century--History and criticism. Fame--Social aspects--Great Britain--History--18th century. Privacy--Great Britain--History--18th century. Theater--Great Britain--History--18th century. Great Britain--Civilization--18th century. Spectacular Disappearances https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2020715664 URN:ISBN:9780472121809 URN:ISBN: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International