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In the Mind's Eye

By Wettlaufer, Alexandra K

In the Mind's Eye Social Sciences

In the Mind's Eye

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This comparative, interdisciplinary study investigates the relationship between literature and the visual arts in France and Britain from 1750-1900. Through a close examination of the prose writings of Diderot, Baudelaire and Ruskin, read against the background of contemporary philosophy, aesthetics and theories of language, In the Mind's Eye proposes a new interpretation of the influence and rivalries underlying the development of art criticism as a genre during this period. The visual impulse - the desire to transcend the limitations of language and make the reader see - is located within the historical traditions of ekphrasis, enargeia and the paragone, while in each chapter, the individual author's theories of the mind, memory and imagination provide a critical framework for his stylistic experiments. In the Mind's Eye presents an in-depth analysis of the cultural, theoretical and aesthetic implications of artistic border crossings, and by contextualizing the movement toward visual/verbal hybridity in the fiction and criticism of Diderot, Baudelaire and Ruskin, brings new perspectives to nineteenth-century studies in art and literature.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
310
Release Date:
2003-01-01
Publication Date:
2003-01-01
Publisher:
Brill
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
9042010355
ISBN13:
9789042010352
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
435 g
Height:
155 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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