Changing perspectives in literature and the visual arts, 1650-1820 / Murray Roston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roston, Murray, author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English literature.

English literature--18th century--History and criticism.

Visual perception in literature.

Art and literature--Europe.

Art and literature.

Renaissance.

Perspective.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1990]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Continuing with the theme of his work Renaissance Perspectives in Literature and the Visual Arts, Murray Roston applies to a later period the same critical principle: that for each generation there exists a central complex of inherited ideas and urgent contemporary concerns to which each creative artist and writer responds in his or her own way. Roston demonstrates that what emerges is not a fixed or monolithic pattern for each generation but a dynamic series of responses to shared challenges. The book relates leading English writers and literary modes to contemporary developments in architecture, painting, and sculpture. "A sumptuous book. . . . Clearly and gracefully written and cogently argued, Roston's admirable achievement is of paramount significance to literary studies, to cultural and art history, and to aesthetics. . . . Outstanding."--ChoiceOriginally published in 1990.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

LATE BAROQUE

1. MILTON'S HERCULEAN SAMSON

2. DRYDEN'S HEROIC DRAMAS

ROCOCO

3. POPE'S EQUIPOISE

4. THE EMERGENCE OF THE NOVEL

PRE-ROMANTICISM

5. THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE SUBLIME

6. BLAKE'S INWARD PROPHECY

7. THE "INCONVENIENCE" OF JANE AUSTEN

ROMANTICISM

8. LOWERING SKIES

9. THE CONTEMPLATIVE MODE

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Sequel to: Renaissance perspectives.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 399-440.

ISBN:

9781400860913

1400860911

OCLC:

922698873