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'Literature Reimagined' exhibition opens Feb. 10

Illustration by Gustave Doré from “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1884
10:30 a.m., Jan. 29, 2004--“Literature Reimagined: An Exhibition of Illustrated Texts” will be on view from Tuesday, Feb. 10-Friday, June 18, in the Special Collections Exhibition Gallery of the Morris Library. The exhibition includes illustrations of works by Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Arthur Miller and James Joyce.

"Literature Reimagined" will feature illustrations from multiple editions of popular literary works, focusing on the ways they have been reinterpreted over time. Shakespeare's works, for example, appeared in the 19th century in ornate, oversized volumes with illustrations of the characters dressed in period garb. Some illustrations for the same works done in the 20th century, however, are abstract, conveying the artist’s sense of the characters rather than their actual appearance.

Illustrations in the exhibition include works by Gustave Dore, F.O.C. Darley, Edouard Manet, William Morris, Robert Motherwell, Henri Matisse and Romare Bearden.

“‘Literature Reimagined’ draws from Special Collections' extensive holdings in literature and the history of books and printing,” Susan Brynteson, the May Morris Director of Libraries, said. These editions, and many others not on display, are available for study by scholars, students and booklovers. Iris Snyder, associate librarian in Special Collections, is curator of the exhibition.

For more information, call 831-2229 or visit [http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec].

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