The Symbolist Tradition in English Literature: A Study of Pre-Raphaelitism and Fin de Siecle

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Symbolist Tradition in English Literature: A Study of Pre-Raphaelitism and Fin de Siecle
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Lothar Hoennighausen
Translated by Gisela Hoennighausen
SeriesEuropean Studies in English Literature
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:362
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreLiterary studies - general
ISBN/Barcode 9780521158961
ClassificationsDewey:820.9008
Audience
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 14 April 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This major and acclaimed study of the symbolist tradition in England focuses on the years 1850 to 1900 and discusses the poetry of such as William Morris, O'Shaughnessy, the Rossettis, Swinburne, Wilde and Yeats, paintings by Holman Hunt, Millais, Rossetti, Burne-Jones and others, and critical works by Keble, Ruskin, Carlyle, Arnold, Pater and Arthur Symons. This volume considers the changes from romantic symbol through Victorian 'type' and 'emblem' to late romantic image. This study of both literature and the visual arts is comparative in nature, attempting to establish an English symbolist tradition as part of an international development linking the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Originally published by Cambridge in 1988, Lother Hoennighausen's book includes illustrations and a survey of critical works, defining major research issues and offering suggestions for other work.