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

AvGiles Whiteley

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum:2022-03-03
Mått:156 x 234 x 22 mm
Vikt:486 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781474443739

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Giles Whiteley is Professor of English Literature at Stockholm University. He has published widely on the literature of the long nineteenth-century, with a particular focus on aestheticism and decadence. He is the author of four monographs including, most recently, The Aesthetics of Space in Nineteenth-Century British Literature, 1843–1907 (2020). Other recent publications include the three-volume edition Literature and Philosophy in Nineteenth-Century Culture (2024). He is currently editing Walter Pater’s historical novel Marius the Epicurean.

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The Aesthetics of Space is a valuable voice in the ongoing conversation around literary and cultural modernity in the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.

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Prologue: Joris-Karl Huysmans, or ‘After Dickens’Introduction: The Spatial Turn1. John Ruskin: Towards a Theoretics of Space2. Charles Dickens: After Realism3. Walter Pater: Towards an Aesthetics of Space4. Oscar Wilde: Cosmopolitan Space5. Henry James: Modern SpaceConclusion: Unreal Cities: Towards ModernismIndex