Illustrations, optics, and objects in nineteenth-century literary and visual cultures
By: edited by Luisa Cale, Patrizia di Bello.
Contributors: Calè, Luisa.; Di Bello, Patrizia.
Series: Palgrave studies in nineteenth-century writing and culture
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780230221970
Subjects: English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Visual perception in literature; Imagery (Psychology) in literature; Object (Aesthetics) in literature; Material culture in literature
Description: "This book explores the encounter between verbal and visual forms through a material aesthetic in which perception is shaped by the tangible qualities of the media. The contributors map a new critical approach in which typography and design play an important role as well as the images represented or evoked in the text"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: ContentsNotes on contributorsForeword; title: H.FraserIntroduction; title: L.Cal &; title: P. Di BelloPART I: BLINDING VISIONSEkphrasis and Terror: Shelley, Medusa, and the Phantasmagoria; title: S.ThomasWordsworth's Glasses and Blindness; title: H.TilleyPART II: PHOTOGRAPHS AND THEIR PLEASURESThe Wont of Photography, or, The Pleasure of Mimesis; title: L.SmithAesthetic Encounters: The Erotic Vision of John Addington Symonds and Wilhelm Von Gloeden; title: S.EvangelistaPART III: ILLUSTRATIONS AND LATENT IMAGES'Latent Preparedness': Literary Association and Visual Reminiscence in 'Daisy Miller'; title: G.SmithA Modern Illustrated Magazine: The Yellow Book's Poetics of Format; title: L.J.KooistraPART IV: PRECIOUS OBJECTSDandyism, Visuality and the 'Camp Gem': Collections of Jewels in Huysmans and Wilde; title: V.MillsThe Book Beautiful: Reading, Vision, and the Homosexual Imagination in Late Victorian Britain; title: M.HattIndex.