Dead Celebrities, Living Icons: Tragedy and Fame in the Age of the Multimedia Superstar

by John David Ebert

This in-depth series of literary portraits studies celebrities who died in famous and tragic ways--ways that still resonate as archetypal death scenarios in present day.

We know their likes and dislikes, admire their talents, envy them for daring to be what we can't or what we won't. When they are snatched from us, we feel a personal loss and an unwillingness to let go. And so we transform these mere human beings into icons whose...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313377642
• ISBN13: 9780313377648
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.5"