Research Catalog

Title

George du Maurier : illustrator, author, critic : beyond Svengali / edited by Simon Cooke and Paul Goldman.

Publication

• London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.
• ©2016

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cooke, Simon (Simon Gareth)
• Goldman, Paul, 1950-

Description

xviii, 269 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"Though well-known as the author of Trilby and the creator of Svengali, the writer-artist George Du Maurier had many other accomplishments that are less familiar to modern audiences. This collection traces Du Maurier's role as a participant in the wider cultural life of his time, restoring him to his proper status as a major Victorian figure. Divided into sections, the volume considers Du Maurier as an artist, illustrator and novelist who helped to form some of the key ideas of his time. The contributors place his life and work in the context of his treatment of Judaism and Jewishness; his fascination with urbanization, Victorian science, technology and clairvoyance; his friendships and influences; and his impact on notions of consumerism and taste"--

Subject

• Du Maurier, George, 1834-1896 > Criticism and interpretation
• Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 19th century
• Great Britain > Social life and customs > 19th century

Note

• First published 2016 by Ashgate Publishing.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-262) and index.

Contents

George Du Maurier as a draughtsman and illustrator / Paul Goldman -- "Splendacious" effects : George Du Maurier and early sensation fiction / Mary Elizabeth Leighton and Lisa Surridge -- Illustrating the everyday : illustration and text in Gaskell's "Wives and daughters" / Alan Shelston -- George Du Maurier's illustrations for Thomas Hardy's "The hand of Ethelberta" and "A Laodicean" / Philip V. Allingham -- "The fountain of one's own originality" : Du Maurier's theories of illustration and how he applied them to his work / Simon Cooke -- Peter Ibbetson and Du Maurier's "French voice" / Anne Hall -- Du Maurier's Paris : Peter Ibbetson, Haussmann and industrial memory / Susan Zieger -- Without memory or desire : the model's progress in Trilby / Jane Desmarais -- Mesmeric celebrity, art, and authorship in Trilby / Hilary Grimes -- Indestructible germs and perishable specks : the golden bridge between science and faith in The Martian / Genie Babb -- A novel reflection : George Du Maurier as a social commentator / David Wootton -- "My pretty woman" : the presentation of women in George Du Maurier's cartoons and novels / Leonée Ormond -- Trilby's "kitchen" : the displaced domestic spaces of George Du Maurier and Henry James / Sara Thornton -- Du Maurier and the "Oriental Israelite Hebrew Jew[s]" / Sarah Gracombe -- Softening Svengali : film transformations of Trilby and cultural change / Louise McDonald -- Appendix. Books and periodicals illustrated or co-illustrated by Du Maurier.

Call Number

JQE 16-793

ISBN

• 9781472431592
• 1472431596

LCCN

2015026601

OCLC

959611251

Title

George du Maurier : illustrator, author, critic : beyond Svengali / edited by Simon Cooke and Paul Goldman.

Publisher

London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-262) and index.

Added Author

Cooke, Simon (Simon Gareth), editor.

Goldman, Paul, 1950- editor.

Research Call Number

JQE 16-793