Idolizing Authorship: An Introduction
Gaston Franssen and Rick Honings
Part 1: The Rise of Literary Celebrity
1. The Olympian Writer: Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749-1832)
Silke Hoffmann
2. The Dutch Byron: Nicolaas Beets (1814-1903)
Rick Honings
3. Enemy of Society, Hero of the Nation: Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906)
Suze van der Poll
Part 2: The Golden Age of Literary Celebrity
4. From Bard to Brand: Holger Drachmann (1846-1908)
Henk van der Liet
5. In the Future, When I Will Be More of a Celebrity: Louis Couperus (1863-1923)
Mary Kemperink
6. À la Recherche de la Gloire: Marcel Proust (1871-1922)
Sjef Houppermans
7. The National Skeleton: Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Peter Liebregts
Part 3: The Popularization of Literary Celebrity
8. Playing God: Harry Mulisch (1927-2010)
Sander Bax
9. Literary Stardom and Heavenly Gifts: Haruki Murakami (1949)
Gaston Franssen
10. Sincere e-Self-Fashioning: Dmitrii Vodennikov (1968)
Ellen Rutten
11. The Fame and Blame of an Intellectual Goth: Sofi Oksanen (1977)
Sanna Lehtonen