Picturing the postcard : a new media crisis at the turn of the century /

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"The first full-length study of a once revolutionary visual and linguistic medium. Literature has "died" many times--this book tells the story of its death by postcard. Picturing the Postcard looks to this unlikely source to shed light on our collective, modern-day obsession with new...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cure, Monica (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2018.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Postcards in literature.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Postcards > History.
Cartes postales dans la littérature.
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Postcards in literature
American fiction
English fiction
Postcards
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: The Frankenstein Postcard; 1 The Economic Postcard; 2 Insincerely Yours: The New Postcard and the New Woman; 3 Return to Sender: The Postcard Terror; 4 The Voracious Postcard: The Craze of Collecting; Postscript: Rewriting the Postcard; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

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