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Robert Seymour and nineteenth-century print culture : sketches by Seymour and comic illustration

"Robert Seymour and Nineteenth Century Print Culture is the first book length study of the original illustrator of Dickens's Pickwick Papers. Discussion of the range and importance of Seymour's work as a jobbing illustrator in the 1820s and 1830s is at the centre of the book. A biblio...

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Main Author: Maidment, Brian (Author, VerfasserIn)
Document Type: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group , 2021
Series:Routledge studies in nineteenth century literature
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Author Notes:Brian Maidment
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Summary:"Robert Seymour and Nineteenth Century Print Culture is the first book length study of the original illustrator of Dickens's Pickwick Papers. Discussion of the range and importance of Seymour's work as a jobbing illustrator in the 1820s and 1830s is at the centre of the book. A bibliographical study of his prolific output of illustrations in many different print genres is combined with a wide-ranging account of his major publications. Seymour's extended work for The Comic Magazine, New Readings of Old Authors and Humorous Sketches, all described in detail, are of particular importance in locating the dialogue between image and text at the moment when the Victorian illustrated novel is coming into being"--
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 182 - 187
Physical Description:x, 192 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781472458803
9780367709471