Portraitomanie : Intermediality and the Portrait in 19th-Century France, L’Esprit créateur, vol. 59, n°1, 2019.

International audienceThis issue of L'Esprit créateur provides a historical and theoretical mapping of the rise of portraitomanie in nineteenth-century France and an overview of relevant approaches in intermedial studies. The notable physical, stylistic, and functional diversity of the portraitin the nineteenth century, enabled by the emergence of new media and increasing hybridization, makes it particularly important to trans- and inter-medial perspectives, as well as to material culture, alongside more traditional French Studies ones