Balzac, Grandville, and the Rise of Book Illustration.

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Yousif, Keri
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Taylor & Francis, 2016.
Subjects:
Grandville, J. J., > 1803-1847 > Criticism and interpretation.
Balzac, Honoré de, > 1799-1850 > Criticism and interpretation.
Balzac, Honoré de, > 1799-1850
Grandville, J. J., > 1803-1847
1800-1899
Illustration of books > France > 19th century.
Publishers and publishing > France > History > 19th century.
Illustration des livres > France > 19e siècle.
Illustration of books
Publishers and publishing
France
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (213 pages)
ISBN:9781317176350
1317176359

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