The Portrait in Fiction of the Romantic Period

by Joe Bray

Beginning with the premise that the portrait was undergoing a shift in both form and function during the Romantic age, Joe Bray examines how these changes are reflected in the fiction of writers such as Maria Edgeworth, Jane Austen, Sir Walter Scott, Elizabeth Hamilton and Amelia Opie. Bray considers portraiture in a broad sense as encompassing caricature and the miniature, as well as the classic portraits of Sir Joshua Reynolds and others. He argues...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367879883
• ISBN13: 9780367879884
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"