Abstract:

This article examines George Eliot and Frederic Leighton's collaboration on Romola(1862–63) for the Cornhill Magazine, arguing that their serialized text allows a reading that scholars of the unillustrated novel have overlooked. It considers how Leighton's chapter initials, whichrepeatedly depictcity walls and dwarfed figures, complement Eliot's emphasis on Florence's stifling environment and convey the diminished agency of the novel's central characters. The interleaving of text and image primes readers to notice references to architecture in both Eliot's narrative and Leighton's illustrations and to read them as underscoring Romola's sense of the city as claustrophobic and repressive.

摘要：

本文研究了 George Eliot 和 Frederic Leighton为康希尔杂志撰写的关于Romola（1862-63 年）的合作，认为他们的连载文本允许阅读未插图小说的学者所忽视的阅读。它考虑了雷顿的章节首字母，反复描绘城墙和矮人形象，补充了艾略特对佛罗伦萨令人窒息的环境的强调，并传达了小说中心人物减弱的能动性。文本和图像的交错让读者注意到艾略特的叙述和雷顿的插图中对建筑的引用，并将它们解读为强调了 Romola 对城市的幽闭恐惧和压抑感。