The Author's Image: Nineteenth-Century Conventions and Techniques in Author Portraits.
While focusing on the impact of photographic portraits of writers on the production, distribution and consumption of literature in the nineteenth century, Professor Kuitert seeks answers to the following questions: what was the specific nature of author portraits, and what were the conventions perta...
| Published in: | Quaerendo Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 212 - 226 |
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Brill Academic Publishers
Fall2007
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| Summary: | While focusing on the impact of photographic portraits of writers on the production, distribution and consumption of literature in the nineteenth century, Professor Kuitert seeks answers to the following questions: what was the specific nature of author portraits, and what were the conventions pertaining to them? How were these pictures used, by publishers and authors, and how did portraits function in the literary world? |
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