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'Ob Sappho für den Ruhm schreibt?' Anna Louisa Karsch als Celebrity

Heinrich, Tobias (2022) 'Ob Sappho für den Ruhm schreibt?' Anna Louisa Karsch als Celebrity. Das achtzehnte Jahrhundert: Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für die Erforschung des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts, (55). pp. 164-175. ISSN 0722-740-x. (KAR id:111023)

Abstract

This article explores the social and discursive conditions of Anna Louisa Karsch’s public fame. It analyses the attempts to transfer the poet’s performative qualities onto the artifact of the printed book and the creation of Karsch’s public image within an emerging celebrity culture. Finally, the article examines the challenges of female celebrity in the eighteenth century through the example of Karsch’s Sapphische Lieder.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled keywords: female authorship; fame; eighteenth-century studies; german literature; poetry
Subjects: D History General and Old World > DD Germany
P Language and Literature > PT German literature
Institutional Unit: Schools > Language Centre
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Funders: University of Kent (https://ror.org/00xkeyj56)
Depositing User: Tobias Heinrich
Date Deposited: 21 Aug 2025 08:48 UTC
Last Modified: 27 Aug 2025 14:34 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/111023 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

University of Kent Author Information

Heinrich, Tobias.

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6666-2275
CReDIT Contributor Roles: Writing - original draft
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