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The History of Fandom, 1700-1900 (Live)

You're Dead to Me

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Are You a Fan of Harry Hill?

In the ightenth century, there were so few literate people that you'd be kind of part of a communino. So it's all cind of joined up. And we've already done an episode on o major celebrity with lord byron. He got loads of fan letters. We really see this happening again with byron. People felt like they knew him, and therefore wanted to make that connection,. To let hm know how much they loved his work. But he wasn't the first. Someone whom byron was a meggar fan of a jean jacques rousseau who was a writer and philosopher. Also received thousands of fan letters after the publication

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