As mass media burgeoned in the years between the first and second world wars, so did another phenomenon—celebrity. Beginning in Hollywood with the studio-orchestrated transformation of uncredited acto
In an era obsessed with celebrity and glamour, `sophistication' has come to be perceived as the most desirable of qualities, but it was not always so. In this fascinating book Faye Hammill explores ho
An important critical study of Canadian literature, placing internationally successful anglophone Canadian authors in the context of their national literary history. While the focus of the book is on
An important critical study of Canadian literature, placing internationally successful anglophone Canadian authors in the context of their national literary history. While the focus of the book is on
"Where did you go last year, when the winter winds blew?" —Mayfair, 1935As commercial magazines began to flourish in the 1920s, they promoted an expanding network of luxury railway h
A century ago, the golden age of magazine publishing coincided with the beginning of a golden age of travel. Images of speed and flight dominated the pages of the new mass-market periodicals. Magazine
This unique reference work provides a comprehensive and wide-ranging resource which includes information on many previously neglected British women writers and topics. As well as detailed en
The realities of print culture in the early 20th century have become a major area of concern in contemporary modernist studies.Modernism's Print Cultures surveys the explosion of scholarship in this f
The realities of print culture in the early 20th century have become a major area of concern in contemporary modernist studies.Modernism's Print Cultures surveys the explosion of scholarship in this f
