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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792575503321

Autore

Golden Catherine

Titolo

Serials to graphic novels : the evolution of the Victorian illustrated book / / Catherine J. Golden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville, Florida : , : University Press of Florida, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

0-8130-5318-8

0-8130-5287-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

741.6/4094109034

Soggetti

Illustration of books, Victorian - Great Britain - History

Serial publications - History

Caricatures and cartoons - History

Graphic novels - History

Illustration of books - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: the arc of the Victorian illustrated book -- The Pickwick Papers and the rise of the serial -- Caricature: a theatrical development -- Realism, Victorian material culture, and the enduring caricature tradition -- Caricature and realism: fin-de-siecle developments of the Victorian illustrated book -- Conclusion: the Victorian graphic classics: heir of the Victorian illustrated book.

Sommario/riassunto

This work explores how the aesthetics of the illustrated Victorian novel have evolved from caricatures to realism across the long nineteenth century.