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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792170003321

Autore

Sonstegard Adam <1971->

Titolo

Artistic liberties : American literary realism and graphic illustration, 1880-1905 / / Adam Sonstegard ; cover design Mary Elizabeth Watson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : , : The University of Alabama Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8173-8697-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Collana

Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism

Classificazione

LIT004020ART015020

Disciplina

741.6/40973

Soggetti

American fiction

Illustration of books - United States - History - 19th century

Publishers and publishing - United States - History - 19th century

Stereotypes (Social psychology) in art

Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature

United States Ethnic relations History 19th century

United States Race relations History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--