Popular visual shows, 1800-1914 : picturegoing from peep shows to film /
Here is a study exploring the visual shows, exhibitions, and entertainments that were available across Victorian Britain. Drawing on a wealth of new evidence, this book details the shows that were on offer, where and what they were, the networks and infrastructure they existed within, and, above all...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2025]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Here is a study exploring the visual shows, exhibitions, and entertainments that were available across Victorian Britain. Drawing on a wealth of new evidence, this book details the shows that were on offer, where and what they were, the networks and infrastructure they existed within, and, above all, how their audiences experienced them. |
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| Abstract: | "This book tells the story of the growth of picturegoing as a popular habit between 1800 and 1914. Encouraged by urbanization and changes in transportation, education, and leisure patterns, the regular and widespread provision of exhibitions and shows became a defining characteristic of cultural life. Painted panoramas and dioramas awed with enormous tableaux; the stereoscope immersed viewers in a 3D world; the many varieties of peepshow promised a marvellously garish experience of gruesome murders and far-off places. If that was not enough, the magic lantern projected hundreds of thousands of slides of every imaginable subject, from travelogues and temperance tales to illustrated hymns and adaptations of popular fiction. Then, after 1896, audiences experienced the wonder of film. Picturegoing, in all its variety, became a national pastime. Drawing on a wealth of new evidence, this book details the visual shows that were on offer, the networks and infrastructure they existed within, and, above all, how their audiences experienced the new world of popular entertainment"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (unpaged) : illustrations (some color), map |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191944987 019194498X 9780192666796 0192666797 0192666789 9780192666789 |