Mediating American autobiography : photography in Emerson, Thoreau, Douglass, and Whitman / / Sean Ross Meehan.
"Examines works by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, and Walt Whitman to explore how the emergence of photography in the mid-nineteenth century transformed their ideas, how photography mediated their conceptions of self-representation, and how their appropriation of...
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 250 p. :; ill. |
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| Summary: | "Examines works by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, and Walt Whitman to explore how the emergence of photography in the mid-nineteenth century transformed their ideas, how photography mediated their conceptions of self-representation, and how their appropriation of photographic thinking created a new kind of autobiography"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-238) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780826217929 (alk. paper) |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Sean Ross Meehan. |