Abstract/Synopsis
Haskell focuses on Craig’s work with art books in this essay. He offers a wealth of visual images to investigate influences upon Craig’s engraved illustrations for an edition of Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, a project planned for the Cranach Press, executed during the late 1930s, and published posthumously by the Basilisk Press in 1979. Haskell calls attention to the way that this fascinating edition—previously overshadowed by the Craig-Cranach Press Hamlet in the scholarly literature—adds to our understanding of Craig’s theories of print as performance. He also offers a nuanced reading of the way that Craig’s illustrations function as interpretation, providing a window into Craig’s thinking about Defoe’s masterpiece.
DOI
10.5642/mimejournal.20172601.10
First Page
78
Last Page
88
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© 2017 Eric T. Haskell
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Recommended Citation
Haskell, Eric T.
(2017)
"Picturing Robinson Crusoe: Edward Gordon Craig, Daniel Defoe and Image-Text Inquiry,"
Mime Journal:
Vol. 26, Article 10.
DOI: 10.5642/mimejournal.20172601.10
Available at:
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/mimejournal/vol26/iss1/10
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