Illustrations, Optics and Objects in Nineteenth-Century Literary and Visual Cultures

by Luisa Calè (Editor), P. Di Bello (Editor)

Paying attention to the historically specific dimensions of objects such as the photograph, the illustrated magazine and the collection, the contributors to this volume offer new ways of thinking about nineteenth-century practices of reading, viewing, and collecting, revealing new readings of Wordsworth, Shelley, James and Wilde, among others.

245 pages, Hardcover

First published December 9, 2009