Calè, Luisa.

Fuseli's Milton gallery 'turning readers into spectators' / [electronic resource] : Luisa Calè. - Oxford ; New York : New York : Clarendon Press ; Published in the United States by Oxford University Press, 2006. - xiv, 259 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. - Oxford English monographs . - Oxford English monographs. .

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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-247) and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost --Illustrations.
Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825 --Criticism and interpretation.


English literature--History and criticism.
Art and literature--History--England--18th century.
English literature--Illustrations.
Illustration of books--England--18th century.
Popular culture--History--England--18th century.
Books and reading--History--England--18th century.


Electronic books.

PR408.A68 / C36 2006

820.9/005