Aesthetics of Space in Nineteenth-Century British Literature, 1843-1907

Uncovers the link between Ruskin and the tradition of the aesthetics of spaceDiscusses a hitherto under-researched tradition of city-writing, linking Ruskin to modernismReads comparatively five important mid to late nineteenth-century writersMarries close textual analysis with historically and geogr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Giles, Whiteley (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press.
Subjects:	1800-1899 Aestheticism (Literature) Space in literature. English literature > 19th century > History and criticism. FICTION / Urban Life English literature Space in literature Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Contents
Illustrations
Series Editor's Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Prologue Joris-Karl Huysmans, or 'After Dickens'
Introduction: The Spatial Turn
Chapter 1 John Ruskin: Towards a Theoretics of Space
Chapter 2 Charles Dickens: After Realism
Chapter 3 Walter Pater: Towards an Aesthetics of Space
Chapter 4 Oscar Wilde: Cosmopolitan Space
Chapter 5 Henry James: Modern Space
Conclusion Unreal Cities - Towards Modernism
Works Cited
Index

Aesthetics of Space in Nineteenth-Century British Literature, 1843-1907

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