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The Fame Lunches: On Wounded Icons, Money, Sex, the Brontës, and the Importance of Handbags

Daphne Merkin

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Description:A wide-ranging collection of essays by one of America's most perceptive critics of popular and literary cultureFrom one of America’s most insightful critics comes a substantial collection of essays that finally puts fame, ambition, and doubt into perspective. Daphne Merkin’s The Fame Lunches is a shrewd appreciation of celebrity in today’s hyperconnected world. “Given that nowadays there are more ways to glom on to that transformational Warholian fifteen minutes than you can count,” she muses, “who can be blamed for refusing to sit it out in the shade?” In her characteristically penetrating way, Merkin goes beneath the glamour to consider the vulnerabilities of those whose lives look so desirable. Her writings on neon-lit personalities are, as she puts it, about “trying to save myself through saving maimed icons . . . famous people who required my intervention on their behalf because only I saw through to the desolation that drove them.” Whether examining the erotic lure of Marlon Brando, the legacy of Betty Friedan, or the inconsolable sadness of Marilyn Monroe, Merkin brings to her subjects an uncommonly nuanced understanding of human complexity. That same curiosity drives her inquiries into our collective fixations on sex, money, and physical beauty, as well as her long-standing passion for the well-written word, from the Brontë sisters to Bridget Jones. With her signature wit and discerning eloquence, Merkin delivers a series of cultural reflections that are impossible to ignore.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Fame Lunches: On Wounded Icons, Money, Sex, the Brontës, and the Importance of Handbags. To get started finding The Fame Lunches: On Wounded Icons, Money, Sex, the Brontës, and the Importance of Handbags, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: A wide-ranging collection of essays by one of America's most perceptive critics of popular and literary cultureFrom one of America’s most insightful critics comes a substantial collection of essays that finally puts fame, ambition, and doubt into perspective. Daphne Merkin’s The Fame Lunches is a shrewd appreciation of celebrity in today’s hyperconnected world. “Given that nowadays there are more ways to glom on to that transformational Warholian fifteen minutes than you can count,” she muses, “who can be blamed for refusing to sit it out in the shade?” In her characteristically penetrating way, Merkin goes beneath the glamour to consider the vulnerabilities of those whose lives look so desirable. Her writings on neon-lit personalities are, as she puts it, about “trying to save myself through saving maimed icons . . . famous people who required my intervention on their behalf because only I saw through to the desolation that drove them.” Whether examining the erotic lure of Marlon Brando, the legacy of Betty Friedan, or the inconsolable sadness of Marilyn Monroe, Merkin brings to her subjects an uncommonly nuanced understanding of human complexity. That same curiosity drives her inquiries into our collective fixations on sex, money, and physical beauty, as well as her long-standing passion for the well-written word, from the Brontë sisters to Bridget Jones. With her signature wit and discerning eloquence, Merkin delivers a series of cultural reflections that are impossible to ignore.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Fame Lunches: On Wounded Icons, Money, Sex, the Brontës, and the Importance of Handbags. To get started finding The Fame Lunches: On Wounded Icons, Money, Sex, the Brontës, and the Importance of Handbags, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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