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Literature and photography in transition, 1850-1915

2015; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 53; Issue: 01 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.191974

1943-5975

Owen Clayton,

Cinema and Media Studies

Literature and Photography in Transition, 1850-1915 looks at how British and American writers used early photography and film as illustrations and metaphors. It concentrates on five figures in particular: Henry Mayhew, Robert Louis Stevenson, Amy Levy, William Dean Howells, and Jack London, each of whom deals with the transition between photographic methodologies. The book argues that their writing can be analysed most fruitfully via a consideration of technological difference.