Bettymania and the birth of celebrity culture /
In 1804, a kind of madness descended upon Britain. A thirteen-year-old boy, William-Henry West Betty, arrived and, in a seeming instant, took Ireland, Scotland, and England by storm. Crowds were so intent upon securing tickets for Betty's performances that officers were called out to stop riote...
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Bethlehem, PA :
Lehigh University Press,
2010.
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