The Illustration of Robinson Crusoe, 1719-1920Defoe's Robinson Crusoe has exerted a powerful fascination of generations of readers since its publication in 1719. And not only readers, but artists too; few works have ever been published in so many illustrated editions. In this analysis of over 100 representative illustrations Blewett shows both how Crusoe as a figure in the Western imagination and Robinson Crusoe as a text have been viewed and interpreted by illustrators and engravers not only in the English speaking world byt in Europe as well. His unique study is an invaluable work not only for fans of Defoe's most famous work, but for everyone interested in the history of book illustration. |
Contents
Acknowledgements | 9 |
The Early Development of Robinson Crusoe as | 25 |
Stothard | 45 |
Copyright | |
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abridged Adventures of Robinson artist Aventures de Robinson BL LOVETT boys Brock cannibals Charles Children's Books colour Critical Heritage Crusoe illustration Crusoe's Dalziel Daniel Defoe Defoe's depicted Dictionary of British drawings Dumoulin edition of Robinson Edward Edward Gordon Craig Eighteenth Century Emile English Book Illustration English illustration Etching with engraving Faber facing Fesquet footprint French illustration Friday's frontispiece full-page Gavarni Geoffrey Holme George Cruikshank Grandville Grandville's gravures Griset GUMUCHIAN Hablot Knight Browne Harvey Henry Houfe Illustrated Books illustrated editions illustration of Robinson interpretation John John Butler Yeats John Major livre d'artiste London N. C. Wyeth nineteenth century novel NYPL Paget Paris Philip Hofer Picart pictorial picture plates portrait of Crusoe printed published reprinted rescue of Friday Rhead Robinson Crusoe Rogers romantic Routledge scene showing Crusoe story Stothard Strange Surprising Adventures Studies Thomas Thomas Stothard title-page tradition Victorian vignettes volume Watson William Wood engraving York