The sun is God : painting, literature, and mythology in the nineteenth century / edited by J.B. Bullen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bullen, J. B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851--Themes, motives.

Turner, J. M. W.

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851.

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Themes, motives.

Sun--In literature.

Sun.

Mythology in literature.

Sun--Mythology.

Mythology.

Physical Description:

viii, 230 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.

Contents:

Romantic Manichaeism : Shelley's "On the devil, and devils" and Byron's mythological dramas / Marilyn Butler

J.W.M. Turner and solar myth / John Gage

Tennyson's "The lady of Shalott" / Isobel Armstrong

"The sun is God" : Ruskin's solar mythology / Dinah Birch

The sun of faith, the shadow of doubt : language and knowledge in Swinburne's myth of Apollo / Thaïs E. Morgan

"The death of the sun" : Victorian solar physics and solar myth / Gillian Beer

The gods in Wessex exile : Thomas Hardy and mythology / J.B. Bullen

Conclusion : myth and metamyth in Max Müller and Walter Pater / Steven Connor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198128843 :

OCLC:

18050665