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Record Nr.

UNINA9910556889303321

Autore

Demoor Marysa

Titolo

A cross-cultural history of Britain and Belgium, 1815-1918 : mudscapes and artistic entanglements / / Marysa Demoor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer International Publishing, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

9783030879266

9783030879259

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 pages)

Collana

Britain and the World

Disciplina

704.94935502

Soggetti

Art and war

Civilization - History

Great Britain Relations Belgium History 19th century

Belgium Relations Great Britain History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

"This book highlights the ways in which Britain and Belgium became culturally entangled as a result of their interaction in the period between the Napoleonic Wars and the First World War. In the course of the nineteenth century, the battlefields of Waterloo and Ypres in Belgium became veritable burial grounds for generations of dead British military, indirectly leading to the most intensive ties between the two countries. By exploring this twofold path, the author uncovers a series of cross-influences and creative similarities within the Belgo-British artistic community, and explores the background against which the British national identity was constructed. Revealing unknown links between some of the most famous artists on both sides of the channel, such as D.G. Rossetti and Jan Van Eyck; Christina Rossetti and Fernand Khnopff; John Millais and Pieter Breughel, and Lewis Carroll and Quentin Massys, the book emphasises an artistic cross-fertilisation that can be found within battlefield literature throughout the nineteenth century, including examples from the likes of William M. Thackeray, Frances Trollope and Charlotte Bront�e. Providing a rich intercultural



history of Belgo-British relations after the battle of Waterloo, this interdisciplinary book will appeal to scholars and students researching history, literature, art and cultural studies."--Publisher information.