Visual words
Subtitle: art and the material book in Victorian England
By: Gerard Curtis.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
Subjects: English literature -- 19th century -- Criticism, Textual.; Art and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century.; Book industries and trade -- England -- History -- 19th century.; Literature publishing -- England -- History -- 19th century.; Books and reading -- England -- History -- 19th century.; English literature -- 19th century -- Illustrations.; Book design -- England -- History -- 19th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-300).
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 Shared lines: pen and pencil as trace; title: 2 The hieroglyphic image; title: 3 The art of seeing: Dickens in the visual market; title: 4 Portraits of the author; title: 5 The empty biscuit tin.