Ruth Bernard Yeazell (NHC Fellow, 2008–09)

Project Title

A Short History and Theory of Picture Titles

Yale University

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Fellowship Work Summary, 2008–09

Ruth Bernard Yeazell

did substantial research for a book, A Short History and Theory of Picture Titles. She also completed "Turner's Titles" for Victorian Studies and "The Lighting Design of Hardy's Novels" for Nineteenth-Century Literature.

Picture Titles: How and Why Western Paintings Acquired Their Names