The portrait and the book : illustration & literary culture in early America /

In the nineteenth century, new image-making methods like steel engraving and lithography caused a surge in the publication of illustrated books in the United States. Yet even before the widespread use of these technologies, Americans had already established the illustrated book format as central to...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walsh, Megan (Professor) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2017]
Temas:
1600-1799
Illustrated books > History > 17th century.
Illustrated books > History > 18th century.
Portraits, Colonial.
Printing > United States > History > 17th century.
Printing > United States > History > 18th century.
Livres illustrés > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Livres illustrés > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Portraits coloniaux.
Imprimerie > États-Unis > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Imprimerie > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
ART > Subjects & Themes > General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Publishing.
Illustrated books
Portraits, Colonial
Printing
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Benjamin Franklin's portraits and colonial printing
  • Phillis Wheatley and the durability of the author portrait
  • Nationalist portraiture, magazines, and political books
  • Picturing the seduction heroine in the United States
  • Gothic portraiture in Charles Brockden Brown's Wieland and Ormond.

Ejemplares similares