Object of Art - The Theory of Illusion in Eighteenth-Century France

Klappentext Dr Hobson analyses how art is perceived in the eighteenth-century and opens an important perspective for the study of Romanticism and Realism. Zusammenfassung In this book Dr Hobson analyses how art is perceived! focusing in turn on painting! the novel! drama! poetry and music in the eighteenth-century. Dr Hobson provides a method of mapping the changes in artistic style and opens an important perspective for the study of Romanticism and Realism. Inhaltsverzeichnis General editor's preface; Foreword; Introduction; Part I. Illusion and Art: from the Truth of Imitation to the Imitation of Truth; Part II. Illusion and Form in the Novel; Part III. Illusion and the Theatre; Part IV. Illusion and Theories of Poetry: from Fictions to Forgeries; Part V. Illusion as subjectivity: Theories of Music; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Marian Hobson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521115025
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11502-5
• No. of pages: 408
• Series: Cambridge Studies in French
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries