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100 1 $aJanzen Kooistra, Lorraine,$d1953-
245 10 $aPoetry, pictures, and popular publishing :$bthe illustrated gift book and Victorian visual culture, 1855-1875 /$cLorraine Janzen Kooistra.
260 $aAthens, Ohio :$bOhio University Press,$cc2011.
300 $axiv, 305 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 269-284) and index.
520 $a"In Poetry, Pictures, and Popular Publishing eminent Rossetti scholar Lorraine Janzen Kooistra demonstrates the cultural centrality of a neglected artifact: the Victorian illustrated gift book. Turning a critical lens on "drawing-room books" as both material objects and historical events, Kooistra reveals how the gift book's visual/verbal form mediated "high" and popular art as well as book and periodical publication. A composite text produced by many makers, the poetic gift book was designed for domestic space and a female audience; its mode of publication marks a significant moment in the history of authorship, reading, and publishing. With rigorous attention to the gift book's aesthetic and ideological features, Kooistra analyzes the contributions of poets, artists, engravers, publishers, and readers and shows how its material form moved poetry into popular culture. Drawing on archival and periodical research, she offers new readings of Eliza Cook, Adelaide Procter, and Jean Ingelow and shows the transatlantic reach of their verses. Boldly re-situating Tennyson's works within the gift-book economy he dominated, Kooistra demonstrates how the conditions of corporate authorship shaped the production and reception of the laureate's verses at the peak of his popularity. Poetry, Pictures, and Popular Publishing changes the map of poetry's place--in all its senses--in Victorian everyday life and consumer culture"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"Poetry, Picture, and Popular Publishing demonstrates the cultural centrality of a neglected artifact: the Victorian Illustrated gift book. Kooistra reveals how the gift book's visual/verbal form mediated "high" and popular art as well as book and periodical publication. A composite text produced by many makers, the poetic gift book was designed for domestic space and a female audience. With rigorous attention to the gift book's aesthetic and ideological features, Kooistra analyzes the contributions of poets, artists, engravers, publishers, and readers and shows how its material form moved poetry into popular culture. Drawing on archival and periodical research, she offers new readings of Eliza Cook, Adelaide Procter, and Jean Ingelow and shows the transatlantic reach of their verses. Boldly resituating Tennyson's works within the gift-book economy he dominated, Kooistra demonstrates how the conditions of corporate authorship shaped the production and reception of the laureate's verses at the peak of his popularity"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aGift books$xPublishing$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aIllustration of books, Victorian$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aEnglish poetry$xIllustrations.
650 0 $aPublishers and publishing$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aArt and literature$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aBooks and reading$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century.