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Voices In Time

1897 | Reading

Notorious

Dispatches from inmate Wilde. More

Voices In Time

c. 1874 | London

Gossip Girl

Lillie Langtry goes viral. More

Voices In Time

8 | Rome

Whispers of Uncertain Origin

Rumor sweeps the world.More

Voices In Time

c. 1950 | New York City

Edmund Wilson Regrets

Killing a few birds with one stone.More

Voices In Time

c. 31 | Rome

Different Strokes

In the classical world, everyone wants their fifteen minutes of fame.More

Voices In Time

1601 | London

Fame Answereth All Things

How to tame the fame monster.More

Voices In Time

1981 | Washington, DC

This Is Just to Say

John loves Jodie forever.More

Voices In Time

c. 1270 | Paris

Notoriety

Thomas Aquinas treatise on happiness.More

Voices In Time

1792 | London

Rumor Mill

Mary Wollstonecraft on how to be a girl.More

Voices In Time

c. 30 | Galilee

Fan Base

Jesus Christ, superstar.More

Voices In Time

1759 | Boston

Making a Reputation

John Adams, public relations expert. More

Voices In Time

1862 | South Carolina

Hour of Fame

The statesman of today.More

Voices In Time

c. 1680 | Oxfordshire

As False as Common Fame

“There’s not a thing on earth that I can name so foolish and so false as common fame.”More

Voices In Time

1844 | Paris

Lisztomania

Franz Liszt gets the ladies in a tizzy.More

Voices In Time

1814 | Albany

Stage Direction

Lord Byron might have been a good poet. More

Voices In Time

c. 1920 | United States

Dreamboat

Rudolph Valentino and a million swooning fans.More

Voices In Time

c. 1450 | France

The Old A-List

François Villon’s ballad of dead ladies.More

Voices In Time

1880 | Paris

Where the Flowers Go

Edmond Goncourt sees Zola suffer from success.More

Voices In Time

44 BC | Rome

Last Words

I kiss thy hand, but not in flattery, Caesar.More

Voices In Time

c. 54 BC | Rome

On Being Seen

To market, to market. More

Voices In Time

1927 | Paris

Descent from the Clouds

Charles Lindbergh touches down. More

Voices In Time

c. 1330 | Kyoto

Without Deeds, Without Names

Yoshida Kenkō warns against the delusions of fame.More

Voices In Time

c. 1045 BC | Fenghao

View from the Top

Great, indeed, is the mandate of heaven.More

Voices In Time

1835 | Philadelphia

Setting His Stage

P.T. Barnum discovers there’s no business like show business.More

Voices In Time

1818 | London

Aging Monument

The King of Kings.More

Voices In Time

c. 2100 BC | Mesopotamia

Press Release

Ur-Nammu, not lacking in confidence.More

Voices In Time

1838 | London

Tabloids

Fodder for the masses.More

Voices In Time

1819 | London

Bow and Bid Adieu

John Keats flirts with fame.More

Voices In Time

1861 | Amherst

Anonym

I’m Nobody! Who are you?More

Voices In Time

1715 | London

Wretched Lust of Praise

“Unblemished let me live, or die unknown.”More

Voices In Time

1846 | Copenhagen

Tough Crowd

Taking Kierkegaard to task.More

Voices In Time

1790 | London

Dead Moon

Edmund Burke laments the end of chivalry.More

Voices In Time

1970 | Minneapolis

You Reap What You Sow

John Berryman on poetic fame. More

Voices In Time

1709 | London

Seating Arrangement

Jonathan Swift designs a Chamber of Fame.More

Voices In Time

c. 109 | Rome

Intimations of Immortality

How to live forever. More

Voices In Time

c. 1979 | Los Angeles

Letter to a Young Fan

Steve Martin thanks you for your interest.More

Voices In Time

1949 | Oxford, MS

William Faulkner Writes His Epitaph

“It is my ambition to be abolished and voided from history.”More

Voices In Time

c. 1795 | Paris

Animal Magnetism

The invention of mesmerism. More

Voices In Time

1849 | Concord, MA

Great Man Theory

Emerson’s ubermensch. More

Voices In Time

c. 482 BC | Athens

Voted Off the Island

Forgetting a once-beloved statesman. More

Voices In Time

c. 1885 | London

Frederick Treves Catches a Falling Star

Reminiscences of the Elephant Man.More

Voices In Time

c. 420 | Syria

Performance Art

Edward Gibbon sizes up Simeon Stylites.More

Voices In Time

1875 | Hartford

Bright Ambition

Mark Twain’s shining star.More

Voices In Time

63 BC | Rome

Triumph

Pompey returns the favor.More

Voices In Time

1711 | London

We Few, We Famous Few

Joseph Addison on fame as a double-edged sword.More

Voices In Time

1550 | Florence

Deification

Touched by an angel. More

Voices In Time

1868 | Kansas

Hitting It Big

Buffalo Bill lives up to his name.More

Voices In Time

c. 432 BC | Athens

Entourage

Protagoras and his crew.More

Voices In Time

1823 | London

The Royal Self

A king should be a commonplace man.More

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