What makes stories about portraits so gripping and unsettling? Through close readings of nineteenth-century portrait stories from different literary traditions, the book analyzes the way subjectivity is produced in relation to representations, focusing on the power to represent, especially its relation to gender, and on the act of seeing.
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What makes stories about portraits so gripping and unsettling? Through close readings of nineteenth-century portrait stories from different literary traditions, the book analyzes the way subjectivity is produced in relation to representations, focusing on the power to represent, especially its relation to gender, and on the act of seeing.
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Add this copy of Portrait Stories to cart. $28.50, like new condition, Sold by Old Book Shop of Bordentown rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bordentown, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 2015 by Fordham University Press.
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Fine in fine jacket. First printing. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. Fine in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 213 pp. with bibliography, index. What makes stories about portraits so gripping and unsettling? The author analyzes the way potraits function in the fictive world created by literary texts, particularly the intersubjective relations among characters as mediated by a particular kind of image. Examined are fourteen stories by twelve nineteenth-cnetury writers including Poe, James, Wilde, Balzac, Hardy, and others.
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Fine. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 224 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 224 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.