Visual Words

'a highly original, even brilliant study, which I have much enjoyed reading' Stephen Bann, University of Bristol, UK. '... a noteworthy contribution to the discussion of Victorian visual culture...' Literatur in Wissenschaft under Unterricht 'Ashgate are to be congratulated for keeping faith with the various interrelated subjects of prints, publishing and illustration, and other issues of the graphic in relation to art and culture... Curtis offers revealing insights and new views of English pictorial culture which expand the conventions of art historical study of the Victorian period.' The Art Book '... this study offers many rich insights into a wide range of visual/verbal topics and is a welcome addition to image/text studies and to the scholarship on the book in Victorian visual culture.' Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, Journal of Pre-Raphaelite Studies '... a well-written and cogent study that should appeal to art historians and literary historians alike... this book is highly recommended..' Libraries and Culture '... offers a detailed genealogy and history of the way in which the Victorians imagined and reimagined the book and its text as a concrete visual and cultural object... As a sourcebook, it is invaluable to anyone researching Victorian visual culture, and Curtis has performed a significant service in bringing together such a rich array of objects and texts.' Daniel Novak, Victorian Studies