{"product_id":"serials-to-graphic-novels-the-evolution-of-the-victorian-illustrated-book-hardcover","title":"Serials to Graphic Novels: The Evolution of the Victorian Illustrated Book - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCatherine J. Golden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A valuable and comprehensive survey of an enormous subject.\"--Paul Goldman, author of \u003ci\u003eReading Victorian Illustration, 1855-1875: Spoils of the Lumber Room\u003c\/i\u003e \"A marvelous overview of how and why illustrations became an integral part of Victorian fiction. Golden documents a remarkable continuity from early nineteenth-century caricatures to realistic portrait-based illustrations to current graphic rewritings of familiar classics.\"--Martha Vicinus, author of \u003ci\u003eIntimate Friends: Women Who Loved Women, 1778-1928\u003c\/i\u003e \"A capacious and synthetic work that draws on a wide variety of scholarship, a very impressive command of the history of book illustration, a huge array of visual and verbal texts, and (most important) a commitment to the genre \u003ci\u003eas\u003c\/i\u003e a genre in the history of literary and artistic form.\"--Peter Betjemann, author of \u003ci\u003eTalking Shop: The Language of Craft in an Age of Consumption\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Victorian illustrated book came into being, flourished, and evolved during the nineteenth century. Catherine Golden offers a new framework for viewing the arc of this vibrant form and surveys the fluidity in styles of illustration in serial instalments, British and American periodicals, adult and children's literature, and--more recently--graphic novels.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGolden examines widely recognized illustrated texts, such as \u003ci\u003eThe Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, Alice in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePeter Rabbit\u003c\/i\u003e, and finds new expressions of this traditional genre in present-day graphic novel adaptations of the works of Austen, Dickens, and Trollope, as well as Neo-Victorian graphic novels like \u003ci\u003eThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\u003c\/i\u003e. She explores the various factors that contributed to the early popularity of the illustrated book--the growth of commodity culture, a rise in literacy, new printing technologies--and how these ultimately created a mass market for new fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile existing scholarship on Victorian illustrators largely centers on the Household Edition of Dickens or the realist artists of the \"Sixties,\" notably Fred Barnard and John Tenniel, this volume examines the lifetime of the Victorian illustrated book. It also discusses how a particular canon has been refashioned and repurposed for new generations of readers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eCatherine J. Golden\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of English at Skidmore College, is author of several books, including \u003ci\u003ePosting It: The Victorian Revolution in Letter Writing\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine J. Golden\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of English and the Tisch Chair in Arts and Letters at Skidmore College, is author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003ePosting It: The Victorian Revolution in Letter Writing.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 28, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45437989191782,"sku":"9780813062297","price":150.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Q2Xlu2OEVa9780813062297.webp?v=1775926237","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/serials-to-graphic-novels-the-evolution-of-the-victorian-illustrated-book-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}