Laurence Sterne and the Visual Imagination - 9781138376038

Taylor & Francis

The first full-length and comprehensive study of the illustrations of Sterne's work, this book explores the ability of Sterne's texts to arouse the visual imagination. It helps to explain why editions of his fiction have been illustrated, some profusely: to fulfill the reader's desire, as well as the artist's compulsion, to visualize Sterne's words.\nGerard places his subject in a clear and innovative theoretical framework which opens the field to general word and image studies. > The first full-length and comprehensive study of the illustrations of Sterne's work, this book explores the ability of Sterne's texts to inspire the visual imagination. It helps to explain why scores of editions of his fiction have been illustrated, some profusely: to fulfill the reader's desire, as well as the artist's compulsion, to visualize Sterne's words.\nGerard places his subject in a clear and innovative theoretical framework which opens the field to general word and image studies. The author be.