Chaucer’s "The House of Fame": The Cultural Nature of Fame QUESTION 7. DISCUSS THE CULTURAL NATURE OF FAME AND ITS TEXTUAL EXPRESSION WITH REFERENCE TO ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: ORAL HEROIC POETRY‚ CHAUCER’S DEPICTION IN THE HOUSE OF FAME AND THE MODERN CONSTRUCTION OF THE CANON OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. YOU SHOULD FOCUS YOUR ANALYSIS ON THE INTERPLAY OF ORAL AND LITERARY TRADITIONS IN THESE CONTEXTS. Many critics have noted the complexities within Chaucer’s The House of Fame‚ in particular‚ the
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The Fame Monster “I’m beautiful in my way‚ ‘cause God makes no mistakes‚ I’m on the right track‚ baby I was born this way” sings Lady Gaga with pride and meaning. Authenticity is a ‘view’ that individuals can surely feel but it is quite difficult to describe. Do people think that a certain person is being authentic because they are comparing he or she to the rest of the population? Is there a limit to authenticity? Could someone be ‘too authentic’? How do authentic people deal with their authenticity
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Background of the case Lady Gaga ( A ) In the summer of 2009 West and Gaga announced they would co-headline an arena tour‚ the Fames Kills Tour‚ promoted by Live Nation. WME agent Geiger‚ who helped put together the tour (both West and Gaga were WME clients). West and Gaga Manage for their tour to last around three months and cover cities across North America. The staging plans were ectremely ambitious. The design called for the stage to extend the entire length of the arena. Production was in
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Rania Abdulrazzaq Eng 1020 Music Analysis paper Due: 6/26/2012 Lady Gaga – Bad Romance – Lady Gaga came into performance after her first album “The Fame” was released in 2008. It included the hit “Bad Romance” and that album sold over 15 million copies worldwide. Gaga is also recognized for her unique sense of fashion‚ Performance‚ and music videos. She was included in Times annual list of the most influential people in the world. Forbes also placed her in number seven in their annual’s list
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Alyssa Arteaga Engl 1301 - Expository Essay November 19‚ y For All The Little Monsters A Rise to Fame. She rose to the top of the billboards in a matter of minutes. Her passion for her art sold billions of her treasured albums. She also has to time to be a humble super star and well known philanthropist in the LGBT community. This ambitious mega star is the one and only Lady Gaga. She is known for out lavish‚ and at times ridiculous‚ costumes and even more known for her power house pop hits. Since
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option I would pursue for Lady Gaga is the first one which is of continuing with the arena tour. It does not make any financial sense to cancel the show completely given the fact that they have already incurred sunk cost of $4 million in developing the Fame Kills Tour with Kanye West and this amount cannot be recovered. So the third option is out of the picture. In any business‚ those who take risks can reap great rewards than those who are afraid to do so. Therefore it’s better to build upon the already
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In Chaucer’s House of Fame‚ the reader is privy to a momentous dream of Geoffrey’s‚ a poet protagonist dedicated to love. In this dream‚ he meets an eagle that promises to bear him to the House of Fame as a reward from Jupiter himself. Once there‚ Geoffrey is told that he will “here…mo wonder thynges…and of loves folk moo tydynges‚ both soothe sawes and lesinges‚ and moo loves new begonne‚ and longe yserved loves wonne‚ and moo loves casuelly (Chaucer‚ Lines 672-679).” This excerpt is meant to outline
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“The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well; and doing well whatever you do without a thought of fame.” Henry Longfellow‚ Hyperion. Longfellow’s words address the true meaning of how people should come by their fame- doing what they love and not seeking the limelight. This notion does not apply to the recently invented pop phenomenon‚ Lady Gaga‚ unless you consider her talent for attracting attention at any cost as well as using theatrics and drama to cover
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first year she snagged 3 awards at the VMAs. Her spectacular performance heralded the launch of her upcoming collaboration with rap sensation Kanye West – together‚ they would co-lead a 3 month long‚ high profile arena tour called the ‘Fame Kills’ tour. The ‘Fame Kills’ tour was significant for several reasons. It was to be Gaga’s first performance as a co-lead‚ as opposed to the opening/supporting role she played for bigger stars such as the Pussy Cat Dolls and Natasha Beddingfield. In just a year
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label Kon Live Distribution. Lady Gaga came to prominence as a recording artist following the release of her debut album The Fame (2008)‚ which was a critical and commercial success that topped charts around the world and included the international number-one singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face". After embarking on the The Fame Ball Tour‚ she followed the album with The Fame Monster (2009)‚ which spawned the worldwide hit singles "Bad Romance"‚ "Telephone" and "Alejandro". The album’s success allowed
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