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Lindsay Smith - Lewis Carroll: Photography on the Move - 9781780235196 - V9781780235196
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Lewis Carroll: Photography on the Move

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Description for Lewis Carroll: Photography on the Move Hardback. 'Lewis Carroll: Photography on the Move' explores Carroll's lifelong interest in photography in tandem with his writing, to reveal an unseen side of the renowned writer. This engaging and beautifully illustrated book gives a valuable and cogent account of Carroll's visual and literary career. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: AJB; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
As Alice's Adventures in Wonderland celebrates its 150th birthday, Lewis Carroll remains one of Victorian culture's most prominent and compelling figures. Few readers, however, have had the chance to explore the extent of Carroll's passion for photography, a new technology that was gaining popularity during his lifetime. Lewis Carroll: Photography on the Move follows the journey of Carroll's photography in tandem with his writing.Beginning in the glass studio Carroll had built above his college rooms at Christ Church, Oxford, this book traces his fascination for photographs through his visits to London theatres, his annual trips to the seaside town of ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
925g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780235196
SKU
V9781780235196
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Lindsay Smith
Lindsay Smith is Professor of English at the University of Sussex and co-director of its Centre for the Visual. Her books includePre-Raphaelitism: Poetry and Painting (2013), The Politics of Focus: Women, Children and Nineteenth-century Photography (1998) and Victorian Photography, Painting and Poetry (1995).

Reviews for Lewis Carroll: Photography on the Move
Through Carroll and his photographs, Lindsay explores the man, the collector, and the outsider, forever trying to see, understand, and be part of his work. It's too easy to see Carroll's photographs as proof of modern opinion against him, and reading Lewis Carroll: Photography on the Move, you are reminded not only of the difference in how photographs of children ... Read more

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