Marie Duval by Simon Grennan
Marie Duval was a groundbreaking Victorian female cartoonist whose wide range of work, depicting an urban, often working class milieu, has been largely forgotten. This is the first book to celebrate her life and work.Marie Duvalis a celebration of the art and times of Marie Duval (active 1869-1885) - a unique, pioneering and highly entertaining visual journalist, cartoonist and illustrator whose work appeared in serial magazines and books at a time when the identity of the artist, in Victorian England, was in radical flux. Both a stage actress as well as an artist, Duval was uniquely placed to take advantage of the first appearance of a mass leisure culture by contributing to the weekly magazines that combined current affairs and theatrics with a focus on urban life. Duval would have been excluded from the places in which the penny papers were conceived by male journalists - public house back rooms, for example - but the forging of new professions allowed her to make her way. The book provides an entertaining visual account of the work of Duval as she struggled and succeeded in creating a new urban visual culture. It will look in turn at key aspects of Victorian mass leisure industry, such as tourism, day-tripping, fashion, the theatre, art and the 'season.' Placing Duval in the visual context of the emerging profession of visual journalism, this illustrated book offers an enticing glimpse of the exciting, strange and world-changing media environment of London in the last part of the nineteenth century.
Sabin: - Roger Sabin is professor of Popular Culture at the University of the Arts London. He has written several histories of comics, and has an academic profile (see here). He also reviews for the media (BBC, Channel 4, The Guardian), and his exhibition consultancy includes the Tate Gallery, British Museum and British Library. The 'Sabin Award' is presented annually at the International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference. Roger is co-editor with Simon Grennan and Julian Waite of the first book to celebrate the work of Victorian cartoonist Marie Duval (Myriad 2018).
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780995590090 |
| ISBN 10 | 0995590095 |
| Title | Marie Duval |
| Author | Simon Grennan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Myriad Editions |
| Year published | 2018-03-22 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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