Biography, Literature and Literary Studies
The Persistence of Beauty: Victorians to Moderns

The Persistence of Beauty: Victorians to Moderns

Hardback Published on: 01/04/2015
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Synopsis

This significant collection of essays examines the cultural, literary, philosophical and historical representation of beauty in British, Irish and American literature. Contributors use the works of Charles Dickens, T S Eliot, W H Auden and Stephen Spender among others to explore the role of beauty and its wider implications in art and society.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISBN: 9781848935112
  • Number of pages: 208
  • Dimensions: 244 x 163 x 20 mm
  • Weight: 460g
  • Languages: English