The Aesthetics of Space in Nineteenth-Century British Literature, 1843-1907 Contributor(s): Whiteley, Giles (Author) |
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ISBN: 1474443737 ISBN-13: 9781474443739 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $32.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2022 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - General |
Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.95 lbs) 304 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Uncovers the link between Ruskin and the tradition of the aesthetics of space
Charting an 'aesthetic', post-realist tradition of writing, this book considers the significant role played by John Ruskin's art criticism in later writing which dealt with the new kinds of spaces encountered in the nineteenth-century. With chapters devoted to the ways in which aesthetic and decadent writers such as Walter Pater and Oscar Wilde built upon and challenged Ruskin's ideas, the book links the late Dickens to the early modernism of Henry James. The Aesthetics of Space in Nineteenth-Century British Literature gives a vibrant vision of what an aesthetically sensitive treatment of these spaces looked like during the period. |