Through the negative: the photographic image and the written word in nineteenth-century american literature
Auteur :
Williams, Megan
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780415762618
Date de publication :
1 déc. 2014
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
362 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The Civil War was the first 'image war', as photographs of the battlefields became the dominant means for capturing an epochal historical moment. This title examines how key19th-century American writers attempted to combat, understand, and incorporate the advent of photography in their fiction.