British Aestheticism and Ancient Greece

Hellenism, Reception, Gods in Exile
2009. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-230-54711-7
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 203 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 373 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture

This book is the first comprehensive study of the reception of classical Greece among English aesthetic writers of the nineteenth century. By exploring this history of reception, it aims to give readers a new and fuller understanding of literary aestheticism, its intellectual contexts, and its challenges to mainstream Victorian culture.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Evangelista, S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents Acknowledgements List of illustrations Introduction: The Origins Pater, 'Winckelmann', and the Aesthetic Life Vernon Lee and the Aesthetics of Doubt 'Two dear Greek Women': The Aesthetic Ecstasy of Michael Field The Greek Life of Oscar Wilde Afterword: The End of Aestheticism: A Dream, Three Trials, Two Ghosts Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

STEFANO EVANGELISTA is Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford and Lecturer in English at the University of Oxford, UK. He has published a number of articles on nineteenth-century English and comparative literature, and is currently editing a volume on the reception of Oscar Wilde in Europe.