The Politics of the picturesque : literature, landscape, and aesthetics since 1770 /

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Other Authors / Creators:Copley, Stephen, 1954-
Garside, Peter.
Format: Book
Language:English
Imprint: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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Retention:Retained for Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust (EAST) http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials
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Summary:The picturesque (a set of theories, ideas, and conventions that grew up around the question of how we look at landscape) offers a valuable focus for new investigations into the literary, artistic, social, and cultural history of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This volume of essays by scholars from various disciplines in Britain and America incorporates a range of historically and theoretically challenging approaches to the topic. It covers the writers most closely identified with the exposition of the picturesque as a theory, and also traces the influence and implications of its aesthetic in a variety of fields in the Romantic period, including literary and pictorial works, estate management, and women's fashion. Several essays deal more specifically with radical critiques and appropriations of the picturesque in the nineteenth century, while in others its influence is traced beyond traditionally accepted geographical or historical bounds.
Item Description:Essays based on papers delivered at a conference on "Romanticism and the picturesque", University of Wales Conference Centre, July 1991.
Physical Description:xiv, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0521441137