The Illustrated Shakespeare, 1709–1875
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The Illustrated Shakespeare, 1709–1875

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The Illustrated Shakespeare, 1709–1875

About this book

Illustrations have been an important element of many of the most extensively read editions of Shakespeare's plays, from the frontispieces to Nicholas Rowe's 1709 edition to the multiple images placed within the text of Victorian editions. Through symbols the illustrations have explored language and character; by allusion to earlier paintings they have offered critical readings; and by gesture, setting and costume they have redesigned the plays within the visual vocabulary of their own times. In all these ways they offer important exchanges with contemporary social, aesthetic and critical concerns, and, despite being largely ignored by scholars, are central to the plays' reception. Highly illustrated, including many images not previously reproduced, the book allows the reader to share the experience of early readers of the plays. Building on the author's earlier work in Painting Shakespeare it offers a fresh address to the tradition of visual criticism and assimilation of Shakespeare's plays.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. The Illustrated Shakespeare, 1709–1875
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. CONTENTS
  7. COLOUR PLATES
  8. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  9. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  10. CHAPTER 1 PLAY, PAGE AND IMAGE
  11. CHAPTER 2 SPATIAL NARRATIVES AND ROWE'S SHAKESPEARE
  12. CHAPTER 3 ROCOCO AND REFLECTION: GRAVELOT, HAYMAN AND WALKER
  13. CHAPTER 4 BELL, PERFORMANCE AND READING
  14. CHAPTER 5 ‘ORNAMENTS, DERIVED FROM FANCY’:1 ILLUSTRATING THE PLAYS, 1780-1840
  15. CHAPTER 6 THE GROWTH OF FEELING: BOYDELL, TAYLOR AND THE PICTURESQUE
  16. CHAPTER 7 THE EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED EDITION
  17. CHAPTER 8 EARLY VICTORIAN POPULISM: CHARLES KNIGHT AND KENNY MEADOWS
  18. CHAPTER 9 SELOUS, GILBERT AND READER INVOLVEMENT
  19. CHAPTER 10 DECLINE AND RENEWAL
  20. NOTES
  21. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
  22. INDEX