Victorian negatives : literary culture and the dark side of photography in the nineteenth century / Susan E. Cook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cook, Susan E., 1980- author.

Series:

SUNY series, studies in the long nineteenth century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Literature and photography--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Literature and photography.

Literature and technology--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Literature and technology.

Literature and society--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Literature and society.

Photography.

History.

Great Britain.

Photography--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Realism in literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xxxiv, 183 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2019]

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Daguerreotype: Dickens's Counterfeit Presentment p. 1

Chapter 2 The Solarized Print: Little Dorrit's Sun and Shadow p. 27

Chapter 3 The Forensic Photograph and the Cabinet Card: Failing to Observe with Sherlock Holmes p. 47

Chapter 4 The Double Exposure: Double Negatives at the Fin de Siècle p. 73

Chapter 5 The Postmortem Photograph: Photographing (in) Wessex p. 103.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438475370

1438475373

OCLC:

1050143323