Quaint, Exquisite Victorian Aesthetics and the Idea of Japan |
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| Author:
| Lavery, Grace Elisabeth |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-22779-5 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2021 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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How Japan captured the Victorian imagination and transformed Western aestheticsFrom the opening of trade with Britain in the 1850s, Japan occupied a unique and contradictory place in the Victorian imagination, regarded as both a rival empire and a cradle of exquisite beauty. Quaint, Exquisite explores the enduring impact of this dramatic encou
How Japan captured the Victorian imagination and transformed Western aestheticsFrom the opening of trade with Britain in the 1850s, Japan occupied a unique and contradictory place in the Victorian imagination, regarded as both a rival empire and a cradle of exquisite beauty. Quaint, Exquisite explores the enduring impact of this dramatic encou