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The Victorian Illustrated Book (Victorian Literature and Culture Series)
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Description for The Victorian Illustrated Book (Victorian Literature and Culture Series)
Hardcover. Concentrating on the use of illustration in Victorian literature - especially novels, poems and children's books - the essays collected in this text address a wide chronological and stylistic range of work. Topics include the century's best-known illustrators and the use of words as images. Editor(s): Maxwell, Richard. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 448 pages, 125 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ACV; AKLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 953.
Throughout the 19th century, but most intensely in the reign of Queen Victoria, England and Scotland produced an unprecedented range of extraordinary illustrated books. Images in books became a central feature of Victorian culture. They were at once prestigious and popular - a kind of entertainment - but equally a place for pondering fundamental questions about history, geography, language, time, commerce, design and vision itself. Concentrating on the use of illustration in literature - especially novels, poems and children's books - the essays collected in this text address a wide chronological and stylistic range of work. They offer insights into ... Read more
Throughout the 19th century, but most intensely in the reign of Queen Victoria, England and Scotland produced an unprecedented range of extraordinary illustrated books. Images in books became a central feature of Victorian culture. They were at once prestigious and popular - a kind of entertainment - but equally a place for pondering fundamental questions about history, geography, language, time, commerce, design and vision itself. Concentrating on the use of illustration in literature - especially novels, poems and children's books - the essays collected in this text address a wide chronological and stylistic range of work. They offer insights into ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Series
Victorian Literature and Culture Series
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813920979
SKU
V9780813920979
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Ref
99-9
About
Richard Maxwell is Professor of English at Valparaiso University and the author of The Mysteries of Paris and London (Virginia) and editor of a new edition of A Tale of Two Cities.
Reviews for The Victorian Illustrated Book (Victorian Literature and Culture Series)
A substantial, original contribution and a considerable pleasure to read, The Victorian Illustrated Book defines and goes a long way toward filling an important gap in scholarship on the history of nineteenth-century publishing. It will interest collectors and bibliophiles as well as students of publishing history, inter-arts relations, and Victorian studies. -John O. Jordan, University of California, Santa Cruz, coeditor ... Read more