Through the Negative

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Through the Negative

The Photographic Image and the Written Word in Nineteenth-Century American Literature

Photography and photographs Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers

Author: Megan Williams

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Collection: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory

Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 12th November 2003

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 5 Mb

ISBN: 9781135887407


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