1st Edition

The Portrait in Fiction of the Romantic Period

By Joe Bray Copyright 2016
204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more
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Biography



Joe Bray is Reader in Language and Literature at the University of Sheffield, UK.

"Bray’s specific readings ... are exemplary and provide solid ground for further study. His attention to the concepts “likeness” and “character” is especially effective."

- Marie Lathers, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA in European Romantic Review (2017)