A familiar strangeness : American fiction and the language of photography, 1839-1945

A familiar strangeness : American fiction and the language of photography, 1839-1945 / Stuart Burrows.

Challenges the notion of a break between nineteenth-century realism and twentieth-century modernism based on the two movements' supposedly differing relation to the camera. Burrows argues that just as modernist fiction questions the link between visuality and knowledge, so realist fiction makes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burrows, Stuart, 1967- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
1800-1999
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Literature and photography > United States.
Modernism (Literature)
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Realism in literature.
Visual perception in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American fiction
Literature and photography
Realism in literature
Visual perception in literature
Fotografie
Roman
United States
USA
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:Challenges the notion of a break between nineteenth-century realism and twentieth-century modernism based on the two movements' supposedly differing relation to the camera. Burrows argues that just as modernist fiction questions the link between visuality and knowledge, so realist fiction makes the world less knowable by making it more visible.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 287 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-275) and index.
ISBN:9780820337418
0820337412
1282642898
9781282642898
9780820340241
0820340243
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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