Realizations : Narrative, Pictorial, and Theatrical Arts in Nineteenth-Century England

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. The **Princeton Legacy Library** uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS A NOTE AND SOME ACKNOWLEDGMENTS A MATTER OF STYLE PART I: COORDINATES 1. THE MOMENT'S STORY: PAINTING 2. ILLUSTRATION AND REALIZATION 3. SPEAKING PICTURES: THE DRAMA 4. TELLING SCENES: THE NOVEL 5. THE ART OF EFFECT PART II: CONJUNCTIONS 6. PREAMBLE TO THE PICTURE PLAY 7. FROM HOGARTH TO CRUIKSHANK 8. THE POLITICS OF DOMESTIC DRAMA: DAVID WILKIE 9. THE MATERIAL SUBLIME: JOHN MARTIN, BYRON, AND 166 TURNER 10. PERILS OF THE DEEP 11. NAPOLEON; OR, HISTORY AS SPECTACLE 12. ROYAL SITUATIONS 13. NOVELS IN EPITOME 14. PRISONERS BASE 15. DICKENS' ROMAN DAUGHTER 16. THE PARADOX OF THE COMEDIAN: THACKERAY AND GOETHE 17. PRE-RAPHAELITE DRAMA 18. W. P. FRITH AND THE SHAPE OF MODERN LIFE 19. IRVING AND THE ARTISTS THE LAST WORD BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX 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. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them