Victorian Photography, Painting and Poetry - The Enigma of Visibility in Ruskin, Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites

Klappentext This book discusses the intersections between Victorian literature! painting and photography in Ruskin! Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites. Zusammenfassung This book discusses the intersections between Victorian literature! painting and photography. It examines in detail the art theory of Ruskin! the early poetry of William Morris! paintings of the Pre-Raphaelites! and nineteenth-century photography from the perspective of contemporary developments in the understanding of visual perception. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Ruskin, Morris and the (un)assertive eyes; 2. 'Gaps on the mind's shelves': Ruskin's theory of the grotesque; 3. 'The seed of the flower': photography and Pre-Raphaelitism; 4. 'Where he cannot see, he will not venture far': the critical reception of The Defence of Guenevere; 5. The optical agency of 'Rapunzel'; 6. The politics of sight: The Defence of Guenevere and the optical determinants of medieval topography; 7. Coda: through yellow lenses; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Lindsay Smith, Lindsay (University of Sussex) Smith
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 28.01.2008
• EAN: 9780521054683
• ISBN: 978-0-521-05468-3
• Seiten: 264
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Nineteent
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft