Illustration in Fin-de-Siècle Transatlantic Romance Fiction

This book examines illustrations created to accompany fictions written by several of the most popular authors published in Britain and America between 1885 and 1920.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Picturing the Past in Robert Louis Stevenson's Historical Romances 2. From Visual Irony to Caricature: Expressive Animals in Rudyard Kipling's Children's Fiction 3. Desiring African Women in H. Rider Haggard's Adventure Fiction 4. Picturing Machines in H. G. Wells's Scientific Romances 5. A Cannibal Vision: Horror, Harper's Weekly, and James De Mille's A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder

About the author

Kate Holterhoff received her doctorate from Carnegie Mellon University and is currently an Affiliated Researcher at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Summary

This book examines illustrations created to accompany fictions written by several of the most popular authors published in Britain and America between 1885 and 1920.

Product details

• Authors: Kate Holterhoff, Holterhoff Kate
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032212067
• ISBN: 978-1-032-21206-7
• No. of pages: 198
• Weight: 460 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: British Art: Histories and Interpretations since 1700
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); European History, The arts: general issues, ART / History / General, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, History of Art, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Regional Studies, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Regional / International studies, History of the Americas, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, The arts: general topics