Victorian Photography, Literature, and the Invention of Modern Memory - Already the Past

Summary

Invented during a period of anxiety about the ability of human memory to cope with the demands of expanding knowledge, photography not only changed the way the Victorians saw the world, but also provided them with a new sense of connection with the past and a developing language with which to describe it

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer Green-Lewis, Green-Lewis Jennifer
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.11.2022
• EAN: 9781032389967
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3238996-7
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Photography, History: History, Photography
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Photography & photographs, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, PHOTOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, Photography and photographs