The Visual Anatomy of Falconer's The Shipwreck, 1762–1818

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EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LIFE Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI:10.1215/00982601-10394923

Sandro Jung

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Abstract:This article offers an account of all illustrated editions of William Falconer's The Shipwreck (1762), including anthologies such as John Roach's Beauties, that were produced up to the end of the handpress period. It examines both the illustrations of specific scenes or moments from the poem and other visual paratext. In addition to providing a detailed study of the editions, including their marketing and pricing, it focuses on interpretive shifts in the illustrations—from exclusively ship- and shipwreck-related iconography, to the expression of human concerns, especially in terms of the tragic-sentimental mode that characterizes a large number of these illustrations. The illustrations will not be discussed in isolation but will be related to how artists at various exhibitions in that period engaged with Falconer's work and made present various aspects of it. In its comprehensive coverage of how publishers catered to different groups of buyers, the essay recovers a hitherto uncharted visual archive stemming from Falconer's poem. Questions related to readership, visual literacy, the commodification of the visual images accompanying The Shipwreck, and the role illustrations played in the mediation of the work will underpin my account of how the visual apparatuses added to editions affected the marketing and reception of Falconer's poem.

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法尔科纳的《海难》的视觉解剖，1762-1818

摘要:本文介绍了威廉·法尔科纳的《沉船》(1762)的所有插图版本，包括约翰·罗奇的《美女》等选集，这些选集一直到手印时代结束。它检查了诗歌中特定场景或时刻的插图和其他视觉文本。除了提供版本的详细研究，包括它们的营销和定价，它侧重于插图的解释转变-从专门的船舶和沉船相关的图像，到人类关注的表达，特别是在悲剧-情感模式方面，这些插图的特点很多。这些插图不会被孤立地讨论，而是与那个时期各种展览上的艺术家如何参与法尔科纳的作品并呈现它的各个方面有关。在对出版商如何迎合不同买家群体的全面报道中，这篇文章从法尔科纳的诗歌中恢复了迄今为止未知的视觉档案。关于读者，视觉素养，伴随《海难》的视觉图像的商品化，以及插图在作品调解中所扮演的角色的问题，将支持我对添加到版本中的视觉设备如何影响法尔科纳诗歌的营销和接受的描述。

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期刊介绍： Committed to interdisciplinary exchange, Eighteenth-Century Life addresses all aspects of European and world culture during the long eighteenth century, 1660–1815. The most wide-ranging journal of eighteenth-century studies, it also encourages diverse methodologies—from close reading to cultural studies—and it always welcomes suggestions for review essays, special issues, and innovative approaches. Among Eighteenth-Century Life’s noteworthy regular features are its film forums, its review essays, its book-length special issues, and the longest and most eclectic lists of books received of any journal in the field.