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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452249503321

Autore

Phillips Catherine

Titolo

Gerard Manley Hopkins and the Victorian Visual World [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, UK, 2007

ISBN

1-281-15032-0

9786611150327

0-19-152819-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Disciplina

821.8

821/.8

Soggetti

Art and literature

Art in literature

Art, Victorian

Hopkins, Gerard Manley

Illustration of books

Poets, English

Visual perception in literature

Poets, English - History - 19th century - Great Britain

Art, Victorian - History - 19th century - Great Britain

Art in literature - 19th century

English Literature

English

Languages & Literatures

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; 1 Early Influences; 2 Hopkins's Drawings; 3 'Dapple': Hopkins and Architecture; 4 Art Criticism; 5 Gerard, Arthur, and the Illustrated Press; 6 Hopkins, the Countryman and the New Sculpture; 7 Theories of Vision; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index



Sommario/riassunto

In her fascinating and beautifully illustrated book, Catherine Phillips uses letters, new archival material, and contemporary publications to reconstruct the visual world Gerard Manley Hopkins knew between 1862 and 1889 - with its illustrated journals, art exhibitions, Gothic architecture, photographic shows, and changing art criticism - and to show how it was connected to the startling originality of his writing. - ;Gerard Manley Hopkins initially planned to become a poet-artist. For five years he trained his eye, learned about contemporary art and architecture, and made friends in the Pre-Ra