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

Author/creator Calè, Luisa
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Clarendon Press ; New York : Published in the United States by Oxford University Press, 2006.
Descriptionxiv, 259 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost--Illustrations.
Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825--Criticism and interpretation.
English literature--History and criticism.
Art and literature--England. --History. --18th century.
English literature--Illustrations.
Illustration of books--England. --18th century.
Popular culture--England. --History. --18th century.
Books and reading--England. --History. --18th century.

SeriesOxford English monographs
Oxford English monographs. ^A200862
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.
General noteA 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [225]-247) and index.
LCCN 2006028316
ISBN0199267383 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN9780199267385 (pbk. : acid-free paper)