The age of eclecticism : literature and culture in Britain, 1815-1885 /

"The burden of the past" invoked by any discussion of eclecticism is a familiar aspect of modernity, particularly in the history of literature. This book aims to place this dynamic in a broader context by examining the rise of a manifold eclecticism in the nineteenth century. It focuses on...

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Hlavní autor: Bolus-Reichert, Christine, 1969-
Médium: Licensed eBooks
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Columbus : Ohio State University Press ©2009.
On-line přístup:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv16qk3dt
Obsah:
  • History's diverse beauties
  • The philosophy of the nineteenth century
  • Eclecticism and literary modernity
  • Alfred Tennyson : the originality of medley
  • Charles Kingsley : the Alexandrian age
  • Matthew Arnold : the second best life
  • Walter Pater and Thomas Hardy : "triumph in mutability."