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Balzac, Grandville, and the Rise of Book Illustration.

Examining how the rise of book illustration affected the historic hegemony of the word, Keri Yousif explores the complex literary and artistic relationship between the novelist Honoré de Balzac and the illustrator J.J. Grandville during the French July Monarchy (1830-1848). Both collaborators and r...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yousif, Keri
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Taylor & Francis, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Examining how the rise of book illustration affected the historic hegemony of the word, Keri Yousif explores the complex literary and artistic relationship between the novelist Honoré de Balzac and the illustrator J.J. Grandville during the French July Monarchy (1830-1848). Both collaborators and rivals, these towering figures struggled for dominance in the Parisian book trade at the height of the Romantic revolution and its immediate aftermath. Both men were social portraitists who collaborated on the influential encyclopedic portrayal of nineteenth-century society, Les FranÃais peints par e.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (213 pages)
ISBN:9781317176350
1317176359