Illustrating Holmes: The indelible contribution of Sidney Paget
I don’t quite know why but always at this time of year I think of Arthur Conan Doyle‘s Sherlock Holmes stories. Perhaps it has something to do with the countless BBC and ITV adaptations, new and … Continue reading
December 24, 2012 · Leave a comment
“Windows in the Writing”: The Draw of the Illustrated Edition
In a letter to her friend Virginia Woolf dated 5 January 1940, Elizabeth Bowen writes of an illustrated French edition of Maupassant she had recently read. Reflecting on the power of the images that … Continue reading
November 30, 2012 · 3 Comments
Literary Visuality 