The essay aims to analyse an illustrated edition of M.me de Staël’s 1807 novel Corinne ou l’Italie. This reference edition was printed in 1853 by the publisher Victor Lecou at the Plon Frères printing house, and it is today preserved at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris. The scope of this essay is to analyse, through the lens of visual studies, the political datum of the iconographic representation of pre-Napoleonic Italy in Lecou’s edition. This research intends to highlight how the visual dimension of the fictional illustrations can increase the potentiality of reception of de Staël’s work.
Itinerari illustrati in "Corinne ou l’Italie" di Madame de Staël
Valentina Monateri
2023-01-01
Abstract
The essay aims to analyse an illustrated edition of M.me de Staël’s 1807 novel Corinne ou l’Italie. This reference edition was printed in 1853 by the publisher Victor Lecou at the Plon Frères printing house, and it is today preserved at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris. The scope of this essay is to analyse, through the lens of visual studies, the political datum of the iconographic representation of pre-Napoleonic Italy in Lecou’s edition. This research intends to highlight how the visual dimension of the fictional illustrations can increase the potentiality of reception of de Staël’s work.
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