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

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

Traditionally, kings and rulers were featured on stamps and money; the titled and affluent commissioned busts and portraits; and criminals and missing persons appeared on wanted posters. British writers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, however, reworked ideas about portraiture to promote...

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Main Author: Elliott, Kamilla, 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013
Subjects:
National characteristics, English, in literature.
Art and society > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Art and society > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Gothic revival (Literature) > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Gothic revival (Literature) > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Art in literature.
English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Theory and/of Picture Identification
  • The Politics of Picture Identification
  • The Age of Portraiture and the Portraiture of Politics
  • Matriarchal versus Patriarchal Picture Identification
  • Portraits, Progeny, Iconolatry, and Iconoclasm
  • Identifying Pictures
  • Pictures Identifying
  • Iconism and the Aesthetics of Gothic Fiction
  • Desiring Picture Identification
  • Fearing Picture Identification.

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