Christina Rossetti and illustration : a publishing history / Lorraine Janzen Kooistra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Janzen Kooistra, Lorraine, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rossetti, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894--Illustrations.

Rossetti, Christina Georgina.

Rossetti, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894--Relations with publishers.

Authors and publishers--England--History--19th century.

Authors and publishers.

Literature publishing--England--History--19th century.

Literature publishing.

Women and literature--England--History--19th century.

Women and literature.

Illustrated books--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Illustrated books.

Illustration of books--Great Britain--19th century.

Illustration of books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : Ohio University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Readers do not always take into account how books that combine image and text make their meanings. But for the Pre-Raphaelite poet Chriistina Rossetti, such considerations were central.

Contents:

Intro

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction: A Materialist Aesthetic and a Materialist Hermeneutics

1 Christina Rossetti , s Visual Imagination

2 Pre-Raphaelite Bookmaking

3 Books for Children

4 Devotional Books

5 The Religious Rossetti

6 The Children's Rossetti

7 Christina for the Connoisseur

8 Visualizing Rossetti in Print, Pigment, and Performance

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-310) and index.

ISBN:

0-8214-4104-3

OCLC:

191935839