I. The Urge to be Unique. Above It All: Lindbergh and Hemingway. The Longing of Alexander -- II. The Destiny of Rome. Public Men and the Fall of the Roman Republic. The Authority of Augustus -- III. The Emptiness of Public Fame. The Uneasy Truce: Authority and Authorship. Christianity and the Fame of the Spirit -- IV. The Intercession of Art. The Imagery of Invisible Power. The Intermediary and His Audience. Printing and Portraiture: The Dissemination of the Unique -- V. The Democratization of Fame. From Monarchs to Individualists. The Posture of Reticence and the Sanction of Neglect. Democratic Theater and the Natural Performer -- Conclusion: The Dream of Acceptability -- Afterword to the Vintage Edition: Fame Without History.