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Author:

Clayton, Owen, author.

Title:

Literature and photography in transition, 1850-1915 / Owen Clayton, Lecturer, University of Lincoln, UK.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

ix, 233 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Literature and photography--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Literature and photography--Great Britain--History--20th century.
Photography--Great Britain--History--19th century.
English literature--19th century--Illustrations.
Literature and photography--United States--History--19th century.
Literature and photography--United States--History--20th century.
American literature--19th century--Illustrations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-227) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- E pluribus unum: history and photographic difference -- Hybrid photographies in London labour and the London poor -- Composing gendered selfhoods in Robert Louis Stevenson and Amy Levy -- "We do the rest": photography, labour and Howellsian realism -- "Literature of attractions": Jack London and early cinema -- Afterword.

Summary:

Literature and Photography in Transition, 1850-1915 looks at how British and American writers used early photography and film as illustrations and metaphors. It concentrates on five figures in particular: Henry Mayhew, Robert Louis Stevenson, Amy Levy, William Dean Howells, and Jack London, each of whom deals with the transition between photographic methodologies.--Provided by publisher

ISBN:

9781137471505 (electronic bk.)
1137471506 (electronic bk.)
1137471492 (hardback)
9781137471499 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)891001479

LCCN:

2014030374

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)