Conceiving the city [[electronic resource] ] : London, literature, and art 1870-1914 / / Nicholas Freeman

• Autore: Freeman Nicholas
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 820.9/32421
• Soggetto topico: English literature - England - London - History and criticism; Literature and society - England - History; Art and literature - England - History; English literature
• Soggetto geografico: London (England) Intellectual life; London (England) In literature; London (England) In art
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-230) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction: The Problem of London; 1. 'Inclusion and Confusion': Empiricist London; 2. Shadows and Fog: Impressionist London; 3. 'That untravell'd world': Symbolist London; Afterword; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Conceiving the City looks at how major writers and artists - Henry James, Monet, Whistler - as well as less familiar figures represented London in fiction, poetry, essays, and art. It shows that late-Victorian fin-de-si--egrave--;cle London emerged as a focus for dynamic, explicitly modern art as writers and artists broke with earlier tradition and bent realism into exciting new shapes, from naturalism to impressionism and symbolism. - ;Conceiving the City is an innovative study of the ways in which a generation of late-Victorian novelists, poets, painters, and theoreticians attempted to repre
• Titolo autorizzato: Conceiving the city
• ISBN: 1-383-03577-6; 1-281-14968-3; 9786611149680; 0-19-152731-9; 1-4356-1399-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820919203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II