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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Kember, Joe (Author), Plunkett, John, 1974- (Author), Leveridge, Rosalind (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Subjects:	Peep shows > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Magic lantern shows > Great Britain > History. Motion pictures > Great Britain > History > 20th century. Peep-shows > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle. Cinéma > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle. Modern (late 19th Century to 1945) History. ART. Modern. LITERARY COLLECTIONS. Film & Video. PERFORMING ARTS. Dance. Performing Arts. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction : from shows to networks
Pictures, pennies, and peripatetic pleasures
Improving illustration and the illustration of improvement, 1800-1880
Panoramas, dioramas, and public hall spectacles
The magic lantern as open medium, 1880-1914
The coevolution of film shows, 1896-1914
Conclusion : historical media studies.