{"product_id":"the-aesthetics-of-space-in-giles-whiteley-9781474443739","title":"The Aesthetics of Space in Nineteenth-Century British Literature, 1843-1907","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUncovers the link between Ruskin and the tradition of the aesthetics of space\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses a hitherto under-researched tradition of city-writing, linking Ruskin to modernism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReads comparatively five important mid to late nineteenth-century writers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMarries close textual analysis with historically and geographically informed context\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFills a gap in the critical literature on city-writing between realism and early modernism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharting an 'aesthetic', post-realist tradition of writing, this book considers the significant role played by John Ruskin's art criticism in later writing which dealt with the new kinds of spaces encountered in the nineteenth-century. With chapters devoted to the ways in which aesthetic and decadent writers such as Walter Pater and Oscar Wilde built upon and challenged Ruskin's ideas, the book links the late Dickens to the early modernism of Henry James. \u003cem\u003eThe Aesthetics of Space in Nineteenth-Century British Literature\u003c\/em\u003e gives a vibrant vision of what an aesthetically sensitive treatment of these spaces looked like during the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Giles Whiteley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474443737\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474443739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.64d","brand":"Giles Whiteley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44058491715839,"sku":"9781474443739","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b66bb1ef-aa72-4d0d-8078-cb9e6678e100.jpg?v=1685052870","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-aesthetics-of-space-in-giles-whiteley-9781474443739","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}