Illustrations, optics and objects in nineteenth-century literary and visual cultures /

"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 represent...

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Other Authors: Calè, Luisa, Di Bello, Patrizia
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke, England ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Series:Palgrave studies in nineteenth-century writing and culture.
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Summary:"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.
Physical Description:xix, 206 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780230221970 (hardback)
0230221971 (hardback)