Poetry, pictures, and popular publishing (Record no. 229433)

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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 002.0941/09034
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Janzen Kooistra, Lorraine,
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Poetry, pictures, and popular publishing
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Athens :
Name of publisher Ohio University Press,
Year of publication 2011.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages xiv, 305 p. :
Other physical details ill.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "In Poetry, Pictures, and Popular Publishing eminent Rossetti scholar Lorraine Janzen Kooistra demonstrates the cultural centrality of a neglected artifact: the Victorian illustrated gift book. Turning a critical lens on "drawing-room books" as both material objects and historical events, Kooistra reveals how the gift book's visual/verbal form mediated "high" and popular art as well as book and periodical publication. A composite text produced by many makers, the poetic gift book was designed for domestic space and a female audience; its mode of publication marks a significant moment in the history of authorship, reading, and publishing. With rigorous attention to the gift book's aesthetic and ideological features, Kooistra analyzes the contributions of poets, artists, engravers, publishers, and readers and shows how its material form moved poetry into popular culture. Drawing on archival and periodical research, she offers new readings of Eliza Cook, Adelaide Procter, and Jean Ingelow and shows the transatlantic reach of their verses. Boldly re-situating Tennyson's works within the gift-book economy he dominated, Kooistra demonstrates how the conditions of corporate authorship shaped the production and reception of the laureate's verses at the peak of his popularity. Poetry, Pictures, and Popular Publishing changes the map of poetry's place--in all its senses--in Victorian everyday life and consumer culture"--
Summary, etc "Poetry, Picture, and Popular Publishing demonstrates the cultural centrality of a neglected artifact: the Victorian Illustrated gift book. Kooistra reveals how the gift book's visual/verbal form mediated "high" and popular art as well as book and periodical publication. A composite text produced by many makers, the poetic gift book was designed for domestic space and a female audience. With rigorous attention to the gift book's aesthetic and ideological features, Kooistra analyzes the contributions of poets, artists, engravers, publishers, and readers and shows how its material form moved poetry into popular culture. Drawing on archival and periodical research, she offers new readings of Eliza Cook, Adelaide Procter, and Jean Ingelow and shows the transatlantic reach of their verses. Boldly resituating Tennyson's works within the gift-book economy he dominated, Kooistra demonstrates how the conditions of corporate authorship shaped the production and reception of the laureate's verses at the peak of his popularity"--
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Gift books
Topical Term Illustration of books, Victorian
Topical Term English poetry
Topical Term Publishers and publishing
Topical Term Art and literature
Topical Term Books and reading
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10490875
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
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