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Artistic liberties : American literary realism and graphic illustration, 1880-1905 / Adam Sonstegard ; cover design Mary Elizabeth Watson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sonstegard, Adam, 1971- author.
- Series:
- Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.
- Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American fiction--Illustrations.
- American fiction.
- Illustration of books--United States--History--19th century.
- Illustration of books.
- Publishers and publishing--United States--History--19th century.
- Publishers and publishing.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in art.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature.
- United States--Ethnic relations--History--19th century.
- United States.
- United States--Race relations--History--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (247 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Artistic Liberties is a landmark study of the illustrations that originally accompanied now-classic works of American literary realism and the ways editors, authors, and illustrators vied for authority over the publications"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Reading Rivalries in Illustrated Literary Realism; 1. Kemble and Twain: Sketching ""Truths"" within the Minstrel Masquerade; 2. Kemble and Stowe: Taking Liberties with Slave Imagery; 3. Loeb and Twain: Returning to the Illustrated Scene of the Crime; 4. Newell and Crane: Keeping Close to a Personal Honesty of Vision; 5. Kemble and Dunbar: Manipulating the Masks of Folks from Dixie; 6. Wenzell and Wharton: Marketing 'The House of Mirth's' Disigns; Coda. Owen, Skeete, and Hopkins: Countering the Caricatures of Literary Realism
- NotesWorks Cited; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8697-1
- OCLC:
- 879927551
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