Popular Visual Shows 1800-1914: Picturegoing from Peep Shows to Film - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780192849861ISBN-10:192849867UPC:9780192849861Book Category:Literary Criticism, Performing Arts, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:FilmSize:8.50 x 6.30 x 1.00 inchesWeight:2.1517Product ID:SCSY5G5ZHK
Popular Visual Shows 1800-1914: Picturegoing from Peep Shows to Film
This book tells the story of the growth of picturegoing as a popular habit between 1800 and 1914. Encouraged by urbanisation and changes in transportation, education, and leisure patterns, the regular and widespread provision of exhibitions and shows became a defining characteristic of cultural life. Painted panoramas and dioramas awed with enormous tableaux; the stereoscope immersed viewers in a...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780192849861ISBN-10:192849867UPC:9780192849861Book Category:Literary Criticism, Performing Arts, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:FilmSize:8.50 x 6.30 x 1.00 inchesWeight:2.1517Product ID:SCSY5G5ZHK
Joe Kember, Professor of Media, University of Exeter, John Plunkett, Associate Professor, University of Exeter Joe Kember is a Professor in Film and Visual Culture at the University of Exeter. His research interests include early and silent cinema, Victorian and Edwardian popular entertainments including the magic lantern, theories of film affect, and issues concerning the representation of...
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