Realism, Representation, and the Arts in Nineteenth-Century Literature
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0521581168
ISBN-13
9780521581165
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 8th, 1998
Print length
244 Pages
Weight
516 grams
Dimensions
16.00 x 23.60 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
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This book examines the representation of painting, theatre, and music within the work of major nineteenth-century novelists. Examining the aesthetic theory and cultural practice of different arts, Alison Byerly demonstrates the importance of artistic representation to the development of Victorian Realism.
This book confronts a significant paradox in the development of literary realism: the very novels that present themselves as purveyors and celebrants of direct, ordinary human experience also manifest an obsession with art that threatens to sabotage their Realist claims. Unlike previous studies of the role of visual art, or music, or theatre in Victorian literature, Realism, Representation, and the Arts in Nineteenth-Century Literature examines the juxtaposition of all of these arts in the works of Charlotte Bronte, William Thackeray, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, and others. Alison Byerly combines close textual analysis with discussion of relevant ancillary topics to illuminate the place of different arts within nineteenth-century British culture. Her book, which also contains sixteen illustrations, represents an effort to bridge the growing gap between aesthetics and cultural studies.
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