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A familiar strangeness : American fiction and the language of photography, 1839-1945 / Stuart Burrows.

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Main Author: Burrows, Stuart, 1967-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Literature and photography > United States.
Modernism (Literature)
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Realism in literature.
Visual perception in literature.
American fiction.
Literature and photography.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. "Likeness men" : fiction and photography
  • 1. Nature herself : Hawthorne's self-representation
  • 2. Resembling oneself : James's photographic types
  • 3. Vanishing race : Faulkner's photographic face
  • 4. "Seeing myself like somebody else" : Hurston's similarities
  • Conclusion. Likeness has ceased to be of any help : fiction and film.

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