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The Victorian Artist : Artists' Life Writings in Britain, C.1870-1910
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This study examines the origins, development and explosion of biographical literature on artists in Britain between 1870 and 1910. It analyzes a variety of narrative modes, including gossip, anecdotes, and serialization, as well as the differences among genres (autobiographies, family biographies, biographical histories and dictionaries.) Julie Codell discerns the multiple, often conflicting identities that were ascribed to artists collectively, and as individuals. Her book serves as a timely sociological and cultural overview of the art world in Britain in the decades before World War I.
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- ISBN-13: 9780521817578
- ISBN-10: 0521817579
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publish Date: August 2003
- Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.85 pounds
- Page Count: 392
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