Through the Negative
The Photographic Image and the Written Word in Nineteenth-Century American Literature
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, American, Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Photography
| Author: | Megan Williams | ISBN: | 9781135887407 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | November 12, 2003 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Megan Williams |
| ISBN: | 9781135887407 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | November 12, 2003 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
The Civil War was the first 'image war', as photographs of the battlefields became the dominant means for capturing an epochal historical moment. At the same time, writers used the Civil War to present both their notions of nation and their ideas about the new intersections between photography and literary form. Through The Negative offers an accou
The Civil War was the first 'image war', as photographs of the battlefields became the dominant means for capturing an epochal historical moment. At the same time, writers used the Civil War to present both their notions of nation and their ideas about the new intersections between photography and literary form. Through The Negative offers an accou
