书目名称 | The Nineteenth-Century Novel and the Pre-Cinematic Imagination |
副标题 | Fragmentation, Anima |
编辑 | Alberto Gabriele |
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概述 | Identifies in pre-cinematic spectacle a so far neglected aspect of novel-theory.Puts under a genealogic lens the birth of the twentieth-century avant-garde.Illustrates through material culture the shi |
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描述 | .This book fills a gap in existing scholarship on the history of the novel in relation to visual culture by discussing the visual fascination that novelists such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Honoré de Balzac and George Eliot show for several types of pre-cinematic spectacle. It also identifies a so far neglected aspect of novel theory that nineteenth-century authors elaborated by incorporating suggestions from pre-cinematic visual spectacles. By shedding light on forms of visuality that were not entertained by the dominant aesthetic modes of painting and photography, .The Nineteenth-Century Novel and the Pre-Cinematic Imagination .argues that the presence of nineteenth century pre-cinematic optical illusions in works of fiction redefines the notion of mimesis as animated movement and points to a continuity between pre-cinema, the literary imagination and the structures of knowledge production of the modern episteme.. |
出版日期 | Book 20241st edition |
关键词 | Nathaniel Hawthorne; Herman Melville; Honore de Balzac; George Eliot; visual culture; novel theory; optica |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56131-2 |
isbn_ebook | 978-1-137-56131-2 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2024 |