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With its rich archive and conceptual rigor, The Portrait's Subject contributes to a vital body of Americanist scholarship... examining the visual practices that constellated around bodily difference... radiant and revelatory... - New England Quarterly This is a theoretical book about a subject that is rarely theorized--portraiture. . . . Blackwood discusses visual portraiture by well-known American painters from the 19th century . . . interspersing discussions of prints, illustrations, and drawings. . . . She looks at how portraits became literary symbols in work by authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry James. Identity politics also interests Blackwood, and she explores the meaning of portraiture for African Americans and women.--CHOICE

Energetic prose...a perceptive account of the intermingling of science and cultural expression in the nineteenth century. - The Henry James Review Well written and powerfully argued. . . . At its best, [The Portrait's Subject] encourages a rethinking of portraiture as a dynamic and active method rather than passive media through which to view content. --American Literary History With its rich archive and conceptual rigor, The Portrait's Subject contributes to a vital body of Americanist scholarship... examining the visual practices that constellated around bodily difference... radiant and revelatory... - New England Quarterly This is a theoretical book about a subject that is rarely theorized--portraiture. . . . Blackwood discusses visual portraiture by well-known American painters from the 19th century . . . interspersing discussions of prints, illustrations, and drawings. . . . She looks at how portraits became literary symbols in work by authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry James. Identity politics also interests Blackwood, and she explores the meaning of portraiture for African Americans and women.--CHOICE

This is a theoretical book about a subject that is rarely theorized--portraiture. . . . Blackwood discusses visual portraiture by well-known American painters from the 19th century . . . interspersing discussions of prints, illustrations, and drawings. . . . She looks at how portraits became literary symbols in work by authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry James. Identity politics also interests Blackwood, and she explores the meaning of portraiture for African Americans and women.--CHOICE

Energetic prose. . . . A perceptive account of the intermingling of science and cultural expression in the nineteenth century."" - Henry James Review This is a theoretical book about a subject that is rarely theorized--portraiture. . . . Blackwood discusses visual portraiture by well-known American painters from the 19th century . . . interspersing discussions of prints, illustrations, and drawings. . . . She looks at how portraits became literary symbols in work by authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry James. Identity politics also interests Blackwood, and she explores the meaning of portraiture for African Americans and women.""--Choice With its rich archive and conceptual rigor, The Portrait's Subject contributes to a vital body of Americanist scholarship . . . examining the visual practices that constellated around bodily difference. . . . Radiant and revelatory.""--New England Quarterly Well written and powerfully argued. . . . At its best, [The Portrait's Subject] encourages a rethinking of portraiture as a dynamic and active method rather than passive media through which to view content.""--American Literary History

This is a theoretical book about a subject that is rarely theorized--portraiture. . . . She looks at how portraits became literary symbols in work by authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry James. Identity politics also interests Blackwood, and she explores the meaning of portraiture for African Americans and women.""--CHOICE Well written and powerfully argued. . . . [The Portrait's Subject] encourages a rethinking of portraiture as a dynamic and active method rather than passive media through which to view content.""--American Literary History Energetic prose. . . . A perceptive account of the intermingling of science and cultural expression in the nineteenth century."" - Henry James Review With its rich archive and conceptual rigor, The Portrait's Subject contributes to a vital body of Americanist scholarship . . . examining the visual practices that constellated around bodily difference. . . . Radiant and revelatory.""--New England Quarterly

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Sarah Blackwood is associate professor of English at Pace University.

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