Book illustration in the long eighteenth century : reconfiguring the visual periphery of the text / edited by Christina Ionescu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ionescu, Christina, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Illustration of books--Europe--18th century.

Illustration of books.

Art and literature--Europe--History--18th century.

Art and literature.

European literature--18th century--History and criticism.

European literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (620 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hitherto relegated to the closets of art history and literary studies, book illustration has entered mainstream scholarship. The chapters of this collection offer only a glimpse of where a complete reconfiguration of the visual periphery of eighteenth-century texts might ultimately take us. The use of the gerund of the verb ""to reconfigure"" in the subtitle of this collection, instead of the corresponding noun, underlines the work-in-progress character of this interdisciplinary endeavour, which aims above all to discern new vistas while charting or revisiting landmarks in the rich field of ei

Contents:

""TABLE OF CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PART I""; ""CHAPTER ONE""; ""CHAPTER TWO""; ""CHAPTER THREE""; ""CHAPTER FOUR""; ""PART II""; ""CHAPTER FIVE""; ""CHAPTER SIX""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT""; ""PART III""; ""CHAPTER NINE""; ""CHAPTER TEN""; ""CHAPTER ELEVEN""; ""CHAPTER TWELVE""; ""PART IV""; ""CHAPTER THIRTEEN""; ""CHAPTER FOURTEEN""; ""CHAPTER FIFTEEN""; ""CHAPTER SIXTEEN""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4438-7309-8

OCLC:

901287106