Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments viii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I Antivisions. The Redefinition of Vision by Science and Technology
6. 1. A Paradoxical Aesthetics 19
7. 2. The Image in Crisis Vision Questioned by Science and Technology 33
8. 3. The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 51
9. 4. Visions of the Mind and Spirit 69
10. Part II. Heart of Darkness The Nocturne as Metaphor for Racial Difference
11. 5. Inverted Light The Nocturne in the Age of Imperialism 91
12. 6. Vanishing Indians Nostalgic Reminiscence and Haunting Presence 111
13. 7. A Blueblood Landscape The Nocturne as White Art in Jim Crow America 133
14. Part III. Landscape Reconfigured Urban Nocturnes
15. 8. Contrast, Confrontation, and Spectacle The Alterity of Urban Nights 151
16. 9. Shadow Presences The Figure in the Urban Landscape 169
17. 10. The Urban Nocturne and the Redefinition of the American Landscape 187
18. Conclusion 205
19. Notes 211
20. Bibliography 228
21. Index 235
22. Illustration Credits 243