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A Familiar Strangeness

- American Fiction and the Language of Photography, 1839-1945

About A Familiar Strangeness

States that photography's influence on American fiction had less to do with any formal similarity between the two media than with the capacity of photography to render identity and history homogeneous and reproducible. This title argues for the centrality of photography to writers commonly thought of as hostile to the camera.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780820335216
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 304
  • Published:
  • March 14, 2010
  • Dimensions:
  • 152x229x17 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 454 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 21, 2024
Extended return policy to January 30, 2025

Description of A Familiar Strangeness

States that photography's influence on American fiction had less to do with any formal similarity between the two media than with the capacity of photography to render identity and history homogeneous and reproducible. This title argues for the centrality of photography to writers commonly thought of as hostile to the camera.

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