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Confounding images : photography and portraiture in antebellum American fiction / Susan S. Williams.
Author
Williams, Susan S.
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1997.
Description
xiv, 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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PS374.P43 W55 1997
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Subject(s)
American fiction
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19th century
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History and criticism
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Literature and photography
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United States
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History
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19th century
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Portrait photography
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United States
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History
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19th century
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Art and literature
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United States
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History
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19th century
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Ekphrasis
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1804-1864
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House of the seven gables
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1804-1864
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Marble faun
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Melville, Herman 1819-1891
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Pierre
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Summary note
In an important rereading of American fiction in the decades preceding the Civil War, Williams (English, Ohio State University) recovers the literary and cultural significance of early photography. Williams contends that in reaction to photography's challenge to the pictorial function of narrative, authors filled their pages with descriptions of fictional portraits--fanciful and romantic, often haunted, magic, or demonic, and generally resistant to straightforward representation. She provides readings and interpretations from forgotten as well as canonical writers as examples. c. Book News Inc.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-240) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Confounding Images
1. The Portrait and the Social Construction of Ekphrasis
2. "The Inconstant Daguerreotype": The Narrative of Early Photography
3. The Haunted Portrait and Models of Authorship in Periodicals and Gift Books
4. Hawthorne, Daguerreotypy, and The House of the Seven Gables
5. Melville's Pierre and the Burden of Imitation
6. The Photography of Travel: Reading The Marble Faun
Afterword: Photography and Portraiture in the Later Nineteenth Century.
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ISBN
0812233972 ((alk. paper))
9780812233971 ((alk. paper))
LCCN
96029728
OCLC
36074297
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