| Title | : | Visual Words: Art and the Material Book in Victorian England |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.55 (234 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1840146575 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 318 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2002-04-28 |
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Victorian England witnessed a remarkable growth in literacy culminating in the new literary nationalism that emerged at the beginning of the twentieth century. Visual Words provides a unique and interdisciplinary evaluation of the relationship between images and words in this period. Each chapter explores a different aspect of this relationship: the role of Dickens as the heroic author, the book as an iconic object, the growing graphic presence of the text, the role of the graphic trace, the ’Sister Arts/ pen and pencil’ tradition, and the competition between image and word as systems of communication. Examining the impact of such diverse areas as advertising, graphic illustration, narrative painting, frontispiece portraits, bibliomania, and the merchandising of literary culture, Visual Words shows that the influence of the ’Sister Arts’ tradition was more widespread and complex than has previously been considered. Whether discussing portraits of authors, the us
Editorial : 'a highly original, even brilliant study, which I have much enjoyed reading' Stephen Bann, University of Bristol, UK. ' a noteworthy contribution to the discussion of Victorian visual culture' Literatur in Wissenschaft under Unterricht 'Ashgate are to be congratulated for keeping faith with the various interrelated subjects of prints, publishing and illustration, and other issues of the graphic in relation to art and culture Curtis offers revealing insights and new views of English pictorial culture which expand the conventions of art historical study of the Victorian period.' The Art Book ' this study offers many rich insights into a wide range of visual/verbal topics and is a welcome addition to image/text studies and to the scholarship on the book in Victorian visual culture.' Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, Journal of Pre-Raphaelite Studies ' a well-written and cogent study that should appeal to art historians and literary historians alike this book is highly recommended' Libraries and C
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