Aesthetics of Space in Nineteenth-Century British Literature, 1843-1907

Uncovers the link between Ruskin and the tradition of the aesthetics of spaceDiscusses a hitherto under-researched tradition of city-writing, linking Ruskin to modernismReads comparatively five important mid to late nineteenth-century writersMarries close textual analysis with historically and geogr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Giles, Whiteley (Autor)
Formato: eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press.
Temas:
1800-1899
Aestheticism (Literature)
Space in literature.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Esthétisme (Littérature)
Espace dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
FICTION / Urban Life
English literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Series Editor's Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Prologue Joris-Karl Huysmans, or 'After Dickens'
  • Introduction: The Spatial Turn
  • Chapter 1 John Ruskin: Towards a Theoretics of Space
  • Chapter 2 Charles Dickens: After Realism
  • Chapter 3 Walter Pater: Towards an Aesthetics of Space
  • Chapter 4 Oscar Wilde: Cosmopolitan Space
  • Chapter 5 Henry James: Modern Space
  • Conclusion Unreal Cities - Towards Modernism
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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