Suneel Mehmi

Law, Literature and the Power of Reading (eBook, ePUB)

Literalism and Photography in the Nineteenth Century

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

At the intersection of law, literature and history this book interrogates how a dominant contemporary idea of law emerged out of specific ideas of reading in the nineteenth century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000428629
• Artikelnr.: 62503770

Autorenporträt

Suneel Mehmi is an independent, early career researcher.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Representation of photography, literalist reading and 'the absence of
higher truths' in art
2. Photography's 'fatal resemblances': reading the invisibility of
individuality and truth in the work of Wilkie Collins
3. Representation and reading against photographic details in the work of
Henry James
4. Photograph albums in fiction: the illegitimate plots and
counter-narratives of the photograph-book
Conclusion