James Thomson's The Seasons, print culture, and visual interpretation, 1730-1842 / Sandro Jung.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jung, Sandro, author.

Series:

Studies in Text & Print Culture

Studies in Text and Print Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thomson, James, 1700-1748. Seasons.

Thomson, James.

Literature and society--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Literature and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland ; London, [England] : Lehigh University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span>This book investigates the cultural afterlife of James Thomson's </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">The Seasons</span><span> (1730) by charting the prominent place it occupied in the visual cultures of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain. </span></span>

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Reading the Visual Paratext; Chapter 2. Editions of The Seasons: 1730-1798; Chapter 3. Paintings and Prints; Chapter 4. Subscription Ventures, Pocket Diaries, and Upmarket Prints; Chapter 5. Editions of The Seasons: 1802-1842; Epilogue; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Jung, Sandro. James Thomson's The Seasons, print culture, and visual interpretation, 1730-1842.

ISBN:

1-61146-319-X