The Moxon Tennyson: A Landmark in Victorian Illustration

255 Pages·2021·14.34 MB·English

by  Simon Cooke

The Moxon
Tennyson
eries in Victorian studies
S
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Illustration
The
Moxon Tennyson
A Landmark in Victorian Illustration
Simon Cooke
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names: Cooke, simon (simon Gareth), author.
Title: The Moxon Tennyson : a landmark in Victorian illustration / simon
Cooke.
Description: Athens : ohio University Press, [2021] | series: series in
Victorian studies | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCn 2020027014 | IsBn 9780821424261 (hardcover ; acid-free
paper) | IsBn 9780821446973 (pdf)
subjects: LCsh: Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892.
Poems--Illustrations. | Moxon, edward, 1801-1858. | Illustration of
books--england--19th century. | Literature
publishing--england--history--19th century. | Authors and
publishers--england--history--19th century. | Book
design--england--history--19th century. |
Printing--england--history--19th century. | Literature and
society--england--history--19th century.
Classification: LCC PR5588 .C66 2021 | DDC 821/.8--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020027014
In loving memory of
Mark hinchliffe
Poet, collector, lifelong friend

These woodcuts will be of much
use in making people think
and puzzle a little.
—John Ruskin

Contents
List of Illustrations
xi
Acknowledgments
xv
Introduction
The Edition and the Critics
1
1 The Making of the Book
Contexts, Collaborations, and Clashes
17
2 Painting, Time, Light, Landscape
51
3 englishness, the Modern, Copying from Nature
86
4 Psychology, Dreaming, Medievalism
118
5 Relationships, Gender, Androgyny
145
6 Reception, Influence, Afterlife
171
Appendix 1
The Illustrator Who never Was
Lizzie Siddal
191
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