title: Fiction in the Age of Photography: The Legacy of British Realism
author:  Nancy Armstrong 
description: Highly dependent upon images, the 19th-century realistic novel reflected a new kind of pictorial thinking. In this engaging look at Victorian fiction, Armstrong (comparative literature, Brown Univ.) shows how the unprecedented popularity of photography affected and informed the works of major writers. Choosing well from classic Victorian novels, Armstrong examines the works of authors like Dickens, Emily Bront?, and Oscar Wilde as she traces the development of realism and discusses the powerful visual clues that began to drive plot and determine how characters relate to one another. As much social commentary as literary criticism, the book brings to life a society obsessed with the camera and burdened with what Armstrong calls a "mass visuality." An important work that belongs in academic and larger public libraries.<br /><i>-Ellen Sullivan, Ferguson Lib., Stamford, CT </i><br />Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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