Nocturne: night in American art, 1890-1917

Acknowledgments

Introduction. Part 1 Antivisions: the redefinition of vision by science and technology : A paradoxical aesthetics

The image in crisis: vision questioned by science and technology

The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction

Visions of the mind and spirit. Part 2 Heart of darkness: the nocturne as metaphor for racial difference : Inverted light: the nocturne in the age of imperialism

Vanishing Indians: nostalgic reminiscence and haunting presence

A blueblood landscape: the nocturne as white art in Jim Crow America. Part 3 Landscape reconfigured: urban nocturnes : Contrast, confrontation, and spectacle: the alterity of urban nights

Shadow presences: the figure in the urban landscape

The urban nocturne and the redefinition of the American landscape. Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Illustration credits.