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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826702603321

Autore

Elliott Kamilla <1957->

Titolo

Portraiture and British gothic fiction : the rise of picture identification, 1764-1835 / / Kamilla Elliott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-4214-0864-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Disciplina

823/.609357

Soggetti

Art and society - Great Britain - History - 18th century

Art and society - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Art in literature

English fiction - 18th century - History and criticism

English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

Gothic revival (Literature) - Great Britain - History - 18th century

Gothic revival (Literature) - Great Britain - History - 19th century

National characteristics, English, in literature

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

""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""

Sommario/riassunto

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.