Victorian Photography, Painting and Poetry: The Enigma of Visibility in Ruskin, Morris and the Pre-RaphaelitesThis book explores the intersections between Victorian literature, painting and photography. Taking as a starting point mid nineteenth century developments in the understanding of visual perception, Lindsay Smith examines the representation of a pervasive desire for a literal understanding of the process of seeing and perceiving. This is played out in the aesthetic theory of John Ruskin, the early poetry of William Morris, paintings of the Pre