Full Description
In this richly illustrated study of the relationship of art, drama, and fiction in the nineteenth century, Martin Meisel illuminates the collaboration between storytelling and picturemaking that informed narrative painting, pictorial dramaturgy, and serial illustrated fiction. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. ix*A NOTE AND SOME ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xvii*A MATTER OF STYLE, pg. 3*1. THE MOMENT'S STORY: PAINTING, pg. 17*2. ILLUSTRATION AND REALIZATION, pg. 29*3. SPEAKING PICTURES: THE DRAMA, pg. 38*4. TELLING SCENES: THE NOVEL, pg. 52*5. THE ART OF EFFECT, pg. 69*6. PREAMBLE TO THE PICTURE PLAY, pg. 91*7. FROM HOGARTH TO CRUIKSHANK, pg. 97*8. THE POLITICS OF DOMESTIC DRAMA: DAVID WILKIE, pg. 142*9. THE MATERIAL SUBLIME: JOHN MARTIN, BYRON, AND 166 TURNER, pg. 166*10. PERILS OF THE DEEP, pg. 189*11. NAPOLEON; OR, HISTORY AS SPECTACLE, pg. 201*12. ROYAL SITUATIONS, pg. 229*13. NOVELS IN EPITOME, pg. 247*14. PRISONERS BASE, pg. 283*15. DICKENS' ROMAN DAUGHTER, pg. 302*16. THE PARADOX OF THE COMEDIAN: THACKERAY AND GOETHE, pg. 322*17. PRE-RAPHAELITE DRAMA, pg. 351*18. W. P. FRITH AND THE SHAPE OF MODERN LIFE, pg. 373*19. IRVING AND THE ARTISTS, pg. 402*THE LAST WORD, pg. 433*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 439*INDEX, pg. 455
