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Fuseli's Milton Gallery: Turning Readers into Spectators

by Luisa Cale
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Overview


Between 1791 and 1799 Swiss painter Henry Fuseli turned Milton's Paradise Lost into a series of 40 pictures that were exhibited in London in 1799 and 1800. Starting from Fuseli's adaptation, Luisa Calè analyzes how visual practices impact on the act of reading and calls into question the separation of reading and viewing as autonomous aesthetic practices.

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Between 1791 and 1799 Swiss painter Henry Fuseli turned Milton's Paradise Lost into a series of 40 pictures that were exhibited in London in 1799 and 1800. Starting from Fuseli's adaptation, Luisa Calè analyzes how visual practices impact on the act of reading and calls into question the separation of reading and viewing as autonomous aesthetic practices.

About the Author, Luisa Cale

Birkbeck College, University of London

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Book Details

Published
March 1, 2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Pages
273
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780199267385

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