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The long Eighteenth Century is the time when ocular-centric thought established itself in Western society. Images and illustrations permeated textual spaces to the point that few books were printed without illustrations. From arts to sciences via fiction and geographic literature, the eighteenth-century citizen was therefore exposed to wide array of visual and textual combinations as part of his/her everyday life.
Program
8:45 - 9:15: coffee/tea - Presentation and welcome remarks
9:15 - 10:45: session 1
Aida Patient (MRU): Surveillance Mechanisms and Social Critique in Eliza Haywood’s Female Spectator
Martin Wagner (UofC): Literary Illustration and Its Discontents in the Sturm und Drang
Michele Holmgren (MRU): “Illustration of [Nature’s] works by their philosophical arrangement:” the Natural History Cabinet in Stephen Dickson’s early Canadian Poem, The Union of Taste and Science
10:45 - 11:00: coffee break
11:00 - 12:00: Plenary session
Diana Patterson (MRU): (Printed) Text and Image: How They Came Together in the Enlightenment
12:00 - 13:00: Lunch
13:00 -14:00: session 2
Miao Li and Devika Vijayan (UofC): Jesuit wanderings in China and India: a journey through illustrations
Antoine Eche (MRU): Text and Image in abbé Prévost’s Histoire générale des voyages (1746-1759)
14:00 -14:15: Break
14:15 - 15:15: session 3
Anthony Wall (UofC): Denis Diderot vs. Hubert Robert in the Salon of 1767 : Diverging Meanings of Length and Size in Image and Text
Rob Surdu (MRU): From Classical Excursus to Linguistic Analysis: Reflections on la petite cabane rustique in the Long Eighteenth century
15:15 - 15:30: Break
15:45 - 16:45: session 4
David Clemis (MRU): The Conception of the Drunkard in Text and Image, 1660 to 1830
Morgan Vanek (UofC): Theories of Environment in Anthony Henday’s Inland Journals, 1754-1755
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