Literature and Photography: Interactions 1840-1990 : A Critical Anthology
Edgar Allan Poeheralded its discovery.Mark Twainwas quick to take advantage of it.Henry David Thoreaupondered its implications.Franz Kafkaquestioned its veracity. Few writers have been able to deny the impact of photography over the past 150 years, fromWalt Whitman, who wholeheartedly embraced it, toSamuel Beckett--who used it as the inspiration for his only film script--andAllen Ginsberg, who employed it to supplement his poetry. Jane M. Rabb has harvested 100 selections and 169 images that explore the cross-fertilization of these sister disciplines. Many voices in this anthology belong to avid photographers--Conan Doyle,Bernard Shaw,Eudora Welty--who are better known as wordsmiths.