Fuseli's Milton gallery : turning readers into spectators / Luisa Calè.

Author/Creator:

Calè, Luisa.

Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Published in the United States by Oxford University Press, 2006.

Series:

Oxford English monographs

Format/Description:

Book
xiv, 259 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects:

English literature -- History and criticism.
Art and literature -- England -- History -- 18th century.
Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost -- Illustrations.
Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825 -- Criticism and interpretation.
English literature -- Illustrations.
Illustration of books -- England -- 18th century.
Popular culture -- England -- History -- 18th century.
Books and reading -- England -- History -- 18th century.

Contents:

The literary galleries and the field of art
The spectator turned reader: printed text at the galleries
The reader turned spectator: visual narratives
'Satan encount'ring death, sin interposing': Milton's allegory and the politics of seeing
The plot of Adam and Eve.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-247) and index.

ISBN:

0199267383 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780199267385 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

71210189

Online:

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