The Persistence of Beauty: Victorians to Moderns - Routledge Historical Resources

O'Neill, Michael

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This significant collection of essays examines the cultural, literary, philosophical and historical representation of beauty in British, Irish and American literature. Contributors use the works of Charles Dickens, T S Eliot, W H Auden and Stephen Spender among others to explore the role of beauty and its wider implications in art and society.

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Book information

ISBN:	9781848935112
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	01 Apr 2015
DEWEY:	820.9384
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	208
Weight:	460g
Height:	244mm
Width:	163mm
Spine width:	20mm