MACT's Dr Harriet Fletcher to publish new book
Forthcoming publication explores the provocative intersection of celebrity and the Gothic
Lecturer Dr Harriet Fletcher's new book, Gothic Celebrity: Fame and Immortality from Lord Byron to Lady Gaga, will be published by Bloomsbury on 27 November 2025.
In Gothic Celebrity, Dr Fletcher explores the provocative intersection of celebrity and the Gothic by examining representations of decaying, dead and undead celebrities in literary texts, visual media and popular culture.
Using case studies ranging from Lord Byron and Oscar Wilde to Marilyn Monroe and Lady Gaga, she challenges popular perceptions about the triviality of celebrity culture, and puts forward both Gothic and celebrity as vehicles for understanding how modern society processes death and ageing.