Photojournalism and the origins of the French writer house museum (1881-1914)
Subtitle: privacy, publicity, and personality
By: Elizabeth Emery
Series: The histories of material culture and collecting, 1700-1950
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781409408772
Subjects: Literary landmarks; Homes and haunts; French Authors; Historic house museums; Photojournalism
Other titles: Privacy, publicity, and personality
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: La maison d'un artiste : the writer's home as self-portrait; title: Writers at home and in the popular press : truth and fiction; title: From home to habitat : bricabracomania and la nouvelle psychologie; title: Home life as fiction : photo-interviews as narrative acts; title: Literary pilgrimage and the cult of the writer house museum; title: Conclusion.