Clarissa's painter
Subtitle: portraiture, illustration, and representation in the novels of Samuel Richardson
By: Lynn Shepherd.
Series: Oxford English monographs
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780199566693
Subjects: Richardson, Samuel, -- 1689-1761 -- Criticism and interpretation; Art and literature -- England -- History -- 18th century; Portraits in literature; Imagery (Psychology) in literature; Mimesis in literature; Illustration of books -- 18th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Samuel Richardson's 'paintive art'; title: Eighteenth-century portraiture : form, use, meaning, spectatorship; title: Richardson's first portrait : the Hayman conversation piece; title: Richardson's first novel : images of Pamela from Carwitham to Highmore; title: 'Now for a likeness to illustrate the surprising scene' : portraiture and representation in Clarissa; title: 'I am a painter, madam' : portraiture and representation in Sir Charles Grandison; title: Conclusion : Richardson's legacy, portraiture and representation in Mansfield Park.