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ASense of Shock
By Parkes
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Description
Adam Parkes argues that we must answer such questions if we are to appreciate the full impact of impressionist aesthetics on modern British and Irish writers. Complicating previous accounts of the influence of painting and philosophy on literary impressionism, A Sense of Shock shows why this writing needs to be read in its historical context. In the hands of such practitioners as Conrad, Ford, James, Moore, Pater, and Woolf, literary impressionism was shaped by its engagement with important social issues and political events that defined the modern age. As Parkes demonstrates, the formal and stylistic practices that distinguish impressionist writing were the result of dynamic and often provocative interactions between aesthetic and historical factors. Ultimately, Parkes suggests, it was this incendiary combination of aesthetics and history that enabled impressionist writing to make a major impact on the literary culture of its time. This book will appeal to students and scholars of nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature, as well as the growing readerships for books that explore problems of literary history and interdisciplinarity.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
304
Release Date:
2011-08-19
Publication Date:
2007-03-01
Publisher:
ACADEMIC
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0195383818
ISBN13:
9780195383812
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Weight:
622 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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