The Plot Thickens : Illustrated Victorian Serial Fiction from Dickens to Du Maurier /

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"In the early 1800s, books were largely unillustrated. By the 1830s and 1840s, however, innovations in wood- and steel-engraving techniques changed how Victorian readers consumed and conceptualized fiction. A new type of novel was born, often published in serial form, one that melded text and i...

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Main Authors: Leighton, Mary Elizabeth, 1971- (Author), Surridge, Lisa A. (Lisa Anne), 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Englisch
Fortsetzungsroman
Serialized fiction.
Literature publishing.
Illustrated periodicals.
English fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Literature publishing > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Illustrated periodicals > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Serialized fiction > Great Britain > History and criticism.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Great Britain.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Material Matters: The Illustrated Victorian Serial Novel-- Imagining the Self: Illustration and the Technology of Selfhood in David Copperfield and Cousin Phillis
  • Picturing the Past: Illustration and the Making of History in The Tower of London, Vanity Fair, and A Tale of Two Cities
  • Hallowing the Everyday: Illustration and Realism in Wives and Daughters, Mistress and Maid, and The Small House at Allington
  • Arousing the Nerves: Illustration and Sensation in The Notting Hill Mystery, Griffith Gaunt, and The Law and the Lady
  • From Peter Ibbetson to Pickwick and Back: The Lives and Afterlives of Illustrated Victorian Serials.

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