Editorial Cartooning and Caricature: A Reference Guide

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Author: Paul P. Somers

ISBN-10: 0313221502

ISBN-13: 9780313221507

Category: Political Cartoons

This reference traces the historical background of editorial cartooning and presents works that chronicle the history and criticize the aesthetics of the art. It also describes anthologies and exhibition catalogs that reprint editorial cartoons, and provides a list of libraries, museums, and historical societies which house originals and photocopies or clippings of editorial cartoons. This expansive volume examines the American editorial cartoon from its beginnings in 1747 into the second...

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Traces the history of editorial cartooning and examines its importance in American history and culture. Booknews Describes resources on editorial cartooning and caricature in the US. After a historical background of the field, chapters describe works chronicling the history and criticizing the aesthetics of the art, and describe anthologies, exhibition catalogs, reference works, and periodicals. Later chapters list references from over 150 libraries, museums, and historical societies. Appendices offer a chronology, and selected lists of related material. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Preface1Historical Background12History and Criticism433Anthologies and Reprints734Reference Works and Periodicals995Research Collections Held in Public and Private Institutions113App. 1: Selected Chronology161App. 2Selected How-to Books with Some Relevance to Editorial Cartooning167App. 3Selected Theses and Dissertations in the Humanities and Social Sciences Dealing with Editorial Cartoons171App. 4Selected Historic Periodicals Using Political Cartoons/Graphics175App. 5Selected Bibliography of Single-Artist Anthologies, Excluding Illustrated Volumes177Index195

\ BooknewsDescribes resources on editorial cartooning and caricature in the US. After a historical background of the field, chapters describe works chronicling the history and criticizing the aesthetics of the art, and describe anthologies, exhibition catalogs, reference works, and periodicals. Later chapters list references from over 150 libraries, museums, and historical societies. Appendices offer a chronology, and selected lists of related material. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \