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

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

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 259 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations Series Oxford English monographs Oxford English monographs. 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 Summary A comprehensive account of the circulation and adaptation of literature in late 18th-century art, explores the visual dimension of reading in an emerging visual culture and offers a range of new ways of reading literature and painting together Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-247) and index Notes Print version record Subject Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825 -- Criticism and interpretation. Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost -- Illustrations. Art and literature -- England -- History -- 18th century. Books and reading -- England -- History -- 18th century. English literature -- Illustrations. English literature -- History and criticism. Illustration of books -- England -- 18th century. Popular culture -- England -- History -- 18th century. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. Illustrated works. Pictures. Form Electronic book LC no. 2006028316 ISBN 0191514861 (electronic bk.) 0199267383 (electronic bk.) 1280755032 9780191514869 (electronic bk.) 9780199267385 (electronic bk.) 9781280755033

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