Routledge Revivals: Victorian Culture and the Idea of the Grotesque (1999)

Herausgeber: Trodd, Colin; Amigoni, David; Barlow, Paul

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Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1999, Victorian Culture and the Idea of the Grotesque is the first fully interdisciplinary study of the subject and examines a wide range of sources and materials to provide new readings between 'style' and 'concept'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 327g
• ISBN-13: 9781138486898
• ISBN-10: 1138486892
• Artikelnr.: 59991496

Autorenporträt

Colin Trodd, Paul Barlow, David Amigoni,

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements List of Contributors List of Figures Introduction:
Uncovering the Grotesque in Victorian Culture 1. 'Borrowing Gargantua's
Mouth: Biography, Bahktin and Grotesque Discourse - James Boswell, Thomas
Carlyle and Leslie Stephen on Samuel Johnson 2. Thomas Carlyle's Grotesque
Conceits 3. Culture and Energy: Ford Maddox Brown, Thomas Carlyle and
Cromwellian Grotesque 4. 'Griffinism, Grace and All': The Riddle of the
Grotesque in John Ruskin's Modern Painters 5. Grotesque Obscenities: Thomas
Woolner's Civilization and its Discontents 6. 'Entangled Banks': Robert
Browning, Richard Dadd and the Darwinian Grotesque 7. Monsters and
Monstrosities: Grotesque Taste and Victorian Design 8. Turning Back the
Grotsque: G.F. Watts, the Matter of Painting and the Oblivion of Art
Bibliography Index