New York nocturne : the city after dark in literature, painting, and photography, 1850-1950 /
"New York Nocturne is the first book to examine how the art of the gaslit and electric city evolved, and how representations of nighttime New York expanded the boundaries of modern painting, literature, and photography. Exploring the myriad images of Manhattan after dark, New York Nocturne show...
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Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2008.
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Acquisition Notes: | Gertrud A. White Memorial Fund |
Table of Contents:
- The dream site
- Gaslit Babylon
- The nocturne: moonlight, metamorphosis, and modernism
- Colonizing the night
- The empire of light
- Skyscraper fantasy
- Staging the night: theater, voyeurism, violence
- Epilogue: Night now.