Routledge Revivals Victorian Culture and the Idea of the Grotesque (1999) |
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| Editor:
| Trodd, Colin
Barlow, Paul
Amigoni, David |
| Series title: | Routledge Revivals Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-138-48689-8 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2020 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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Originally published in 1999, Victorian Culture and the Idea of the Grotesqueis the first fully interdisciplinary study of the subject and examines a wide range of sources and materials to provide new readings between 'style' and 'concept'. The book provides an original analysis of key articulations of the Grotesque in the literary culture of Ruskin, Browning and Dickens, where represents the eruptions, intensities, confusions and disturbed vitality of modern cultural...
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Originally published in 1999, Victorian Culture and the Idea of the Grotesqueis the first fully interdisciplinary study of the subject and examines a wide range of sources and materials to provide new readings between 'style' and 'concept'. The book provides an original analysis of key articulations of the Grotesque in the literary culture of Ruskin, Browning and Dickens, where represents the eruptions, intensities, confusions and disturbed vitality of modern cultural experience such as the scientific revolution associated with Darwin and the nature of industrial society.