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The Aesthetics of Space in Nineteenth-Century British Literature, 1843-1907 (Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture)

The Aesthetics of Space in Nineteenth-Century British Literature, 1843-1907 (Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture)

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Publication Date: April 21st, 2020
Publisher:
Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:
9781474443722
Pages:
304
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Description

Charting an 'aesthetic', post-realist tradition of writing, this book considers the significant role played by John Ruskin's art criticism in later writing which dealt with the new kinds of spaces encountered in the nineteenth-century.

About the Author

Giles Whiteley is Professor of English Literature at Stockholm University. He has published widely on nineteenth-century literature, with a particular focus on the movement of aestheticism and decadence, including work on key figures such as Wilde, Huysmans and Pater, as well as writing frequently on Dickens. He is the author of four monographs to date: Aestheticism and the Philosophy of Death (2010), which was nominated by the BCLA for the Balakian Prize, Oscar Wilde and the Simulacrum (2015), Schelling's Reception in Nineteenth Century British Literature (2018), and, most recently, The Aesthetics of Space in Nineteenth-Century British Literature, 1843-1907 (EUP, 2020).