The Moxon Tennyson
A Landmark in Victorian Illustration
Seiten
2021
Ohio University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8214-2426-1 (ISBN)
Ohio University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8214-2426-1 (ISBN)
Cooke’s analysis of this milestone Victorian publication reveals the fluctuating harmony and dissonance between Tennyson’s poems and their illustrations, the technical challenges and occupations involved in its manufacture, its readers’ contemporary reception, and its subsequent influence as a variously revered and reviled publication.
A new perspective on a book that transformed Victorian illustration into a stand-alone art.
Edward Moxon’s 1857 edition of Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s Poems dramatically redefined the relationship between images and words in print. Cooke’s study, the first book to address the subject in over 120 years, presents a sweeping analysis of the illustrators and the complex and challenging ways in which they interpreted Tennyson’s poetry. This book considers the volume’s historical context, examining in detail the roles of publisher, engravers, and binding designer, as well as the material difficulties of printing its fine illustrations, which recreate the effects of painting. Arranged thematically and reproducing all the original images, the chapters present a detailed reappraisal of the original volume and the distinctive culture that produced it.
A new perspective on a book that transformed Victorian illustration into a stand-alone art.
Edward Moxon’s 1857 edition of Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s Poems dramatically redefined the relationship between images and words in print. Cooke’s study, the first book to address the subject in over 120 years, presents a sweeping analysis of the illustrators and the complex and challenging ways in which they interpreted Tennyson’s poetry. This book considers the volume’s historical context, examining in detail the roles of publisher, engravers, and binding designer, as well as the material difficulties of printing its fine illustrations, which recreate the effects of painting. Arranged thematically and reproducing all the original images, the chapters present a detailed reappraisal of the original volume and the distinctive culture that produced it.
Simon Cooke is the editor for book illustration and design on Victorian Web. He is the author of Illustrated Periodicals of the 1860s and coeditor of two collections of essays. He has published on Victorian book art, Gothic, Sensationalism, and the Pre-Raphaelites.
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Edition and the Critics
1. The Making of the Book: Contexts, Collaborations, and Clashes
2. Painting, Time, Light, Landscape
3. Englishness, the Modern, Copying from Nature
4. Psychology, Dreaming, Medievalism
5. Relationships, Gender, Androgyny
6. Reception, Influence, Afterlife
Appendix 1. The Illustrator Who Never Was (Lizzie Siddal)
Appendix 2. The Makers of the Moxon Tennyson
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 20.01.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Series in Victorian Studies |
| Verlagsort | Athens |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8214-2426-2 / 0821424262 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8214-2426-1 / 9780821424261 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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