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Portraiture and British gothic fiction : the rise of picture identification, 1764-1835 / Kamilla Elliott.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elliott, Kamilla, 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art and society--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Art and society.
- Art and society--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Art in literature.
- English fiction--18th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- Gothic revival (Literature)--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Gothic revival (Literature).
- Gothic revival (Literature)--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- National characteristics, English, in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (353 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Her extensive research not only covers Gothic literature's best-known and most studied texts but engages with more than 100 Gothic works in total, expanding knowledge of first-wave Gothic fiction as well as opening new windows into familiar work.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Note to the Reader""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Theory and/of Picture Identification""; ""2 The Politics of Picture Identification""; ""3 “The Age of Portraiture� and the Portraiture of Politics""; ""4 Matriarchal versus Patriarchal Picture Identification""; ""5 Portraits, Progeny, Iconolatry, and Iconoclasm""; ""6 Identifying Pictures""; ""7 Pictures Identifying""; ""8 Iconism and the Aesthetics of Gothic Fiction""; ""9 Desiring Picture Identification""; ""10 Fearing Picture Identification""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""
- ""Bibliography""""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-0864-3
- OCLC:
- 830022801
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