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In this richly illustrated study of the relationship of art, drama, and fiction in the nineteenth century, Martin Meisel illuminates the collaboration between storytelling and picturemaking that informed narrative painting, pictorial dramaturgy, and serial illustrated fiction.

Originally published in 1984.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Illustrations
  2. pp. ix-xvi
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  1. A Note and Some Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xvii-xx
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  1. A Matter of Style
  2. pp. 3-14
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  1. Part I: Coordinates
  2. pp. 15-16
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  1. 1. The Moment's Story: Painting
  2. pp. 17-28
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  1. 2. Illustration and Realization
  2. pp. 29-37
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  1. 3. Speaking Pictures: The Drama
  2. pp. 38-51
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  1. 4. Telling Scenes: The Novel
  2. pp. 52-68
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  1. 5. The Art of Effect
  2. pp. 69-88
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  1. Part II: Conjunctions
  2. pp. 89-90
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  1. 6. Preamble to the Picture Play
  2. pp. 91-96
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  1. 7. From Hogarth to Cruikshank
  2. pp. 97-141
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  1. 8. The Politics of Domestic Drama: David Wilkie
  2. pp. 142-165
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  1. 9. The Material Sublime: John Martin, Byron, and Turner
  2. pp. 166-188
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  1. 10. Perils of the Deep
  2. pp. 189-200
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  1. 11. Napoleon; or, History as Spectacle
  2. pp. 201-228
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  1. 12. Royal Situations
  2. pp. 229-246
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  1. 13. Novels in Epitome
  2. pp. 247-282
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  1. 14. Prisoners Base
  2. pp. 283-301
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  1. 15. Dickens' Roman Daughter
  2. pp. 302-321
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  1. 16. The Paradox of the Comedian: Thackeray and Goethe
  2. pp. 322-350
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  1. 17. Pre-Raphaelite Drama
  2. pp. 351-372
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  1. 18. W.P. Firth and the Shape of Modern Life
  2. pp. 373-401
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  1. 19. Irving and the Artists
  2. pp. 402-432
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  1. The Last Word
  2. pp. 433-438
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 439-454
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 455-471
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  1. Production Notes
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