Literature and photography in transition, 1850-1915

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    • Clayton, Owen

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Literature and photography in transition, 1850-1915

Owen Clayton

Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

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

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Literature and Photography in Transition, 1850-1915 examines 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.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. E Pluribus Unum: History and Photographic Difference 2. Hybrid Photographies in London Labour and the London Poor 3. Composing Gendered Selfhoods in Robert Louis Stevenson and Amy Levy 4. 'We do the rest': Photography, Labour and Howellsian Realism 5. 'Literature of Attractions': Jack London and Early Cinema Afterword Endnotes Bibliography Index

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