Author: Richard Dadd
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733709866
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Elimination of a Picture & Its Subject-Called the Feller's Master Stroke
Author: Richard Dadd
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733709866
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733709866
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Victorian Secrecy
Author: Dr Albert D Pionke
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 1409475719
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Whether commercial, personal, political, professional, or spiritual, knowledge was capital for the Victorians in their ongoing project of constructing a modern information-based society. Victorian Secrecy explores the myriad ways in which knowledge was both zealously accumulated and jealously guarded by individuals, institutions, and government entities in Victorian Britain. Offering a wide variety of critical approaches and disciplinary perspectives, the contributors examine secretive actors with respect to a broad range of subjects, including the narrator in Tess of the d'Urbervilles, John Henry Newman's autobiographical novel Loss and Gain, Richard Dadd's The Fairy Feller's Masterstroke, modes of detection in Bleak House, the secret history of Harriet Martineau's role in the repeal of the Corn Law, and Victorian stage magicians. Taken together, the essays provide a richly textured account of which modes of hiding and revealing articulate secrets in Victorian literature and culture; how social relations are formed and reformed in relationship to secrecy; and what was at stake individually, aesthetically, and culturally in the Victorians' clandestine activities.
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 1409475719
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Whether commercial, personal, political, professional, or spiritual, knowledge was capital for the Victorians in their ongoing project of constructing a modern information-based society. Victorian Secrecy explores the myriad ways in which knowledge was both zealously accumulated and jealously guarded by individuals, institutions, and government entities in Victorian Britain. Offering a wide variety of critical approaches and disciplinary perspectives, the contributors examine secretive actors with respect to a broad range of subjects, including the narrator in Tess of the d'Urbervilles, John Henry Newman's autobiographical novel Loss and Gain, Richard Dadd's The Fairy Feller's Masterstroke, modes of detection in Bleak House, the secret history of Harriet Martineau's role in the repeal of the Corn Law, and Victorian stage magicians. Taken together, the essays provide a richly textured account of which modes of hiding and revealing articulate secrets in Victorian literature and culture; how social relations are formed and reformed in relationship to secrecy; and what was at stake individually, aesthetically, and culturally in the Victorians' clandestine activities.
The Madman's Gallery
Author: Edward Brooke-Hitching
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1797222686
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Brought to light from the depths of libraries, museums, dealers, and galleries around the world, these forgotten artistic treasures include portraits of oddballs such as the British explorer with a penchant for riding crocodiles, and the Italian monk who levitated so often he's recognized as the patron saint of airplane passengers. Discover impossible medieval land yachts, floating churches, and eagle-powered airships. Encounter dog-headed holy men, armies of German giants, 18th-century stuntmen, human chessboards, screaming ghost heads, and more marvels of the human imagination. A captivating odditorium of obscure and engaging characters and works, each expertly brought to life by historian and curator of the strange Edward Brooke-Hitching, here is a richly illustrated and entertaining gallery for lovers of outré art and history.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1797222686
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Brought to light from the depths of libraries, museums, dealers, and galleries around the world, these forgotten artistic treasures include portraits of oddballs such as the British explorer with a penchant for riding crocodiles, and the Italian monk who levitated so often he's recognized as the patron saint of airplane passengers. Discover impossible medieval land yachts, floating churches, and eagle-powered airships. Encounter dog-headed holy men, armies of German giants, 18th-century stuntmen, human chessboards, screaming ghost heads, and more marvels of the human imagination. A captivating odditorium of obscure and engaging characters and works, each expertly brought to life by historian and curator of the strange Edward Brooke-Hitching, here is a richly illustrated and entertaining gallery for lovers of outré art and history.
Richard Dadd
Author: Nicholas Tromans
Publisher: Tate Publishing (CA)
ISBN: 9781854379597
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A fully illustrated account of Richard Dadd's life and career, this title presents a fascinating exploration of the relationship between art and madness.
Publisher: Tate Publishing (CA)
ISBN: 9781854379597
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A fully illustrated account of Richard Dadd's life and career, this title presents a fascinating exploration of the relationship between art and madness.
The Mushroom at the End of the World
Author: Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691220557
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
"A tale of diversity within our damaged landscapes, The Mushroom at the End of the World follows one of the strangest commodity chains of our times to explore the unexpected corners of capitalism. Here, we witness the varied and peculiar worlds of matsutake commerce: the worlds of Japanese gourmets, capitalist traders, Hmong jungle fighters, industrial forests, Yi Chinese goat herders, Finnish nature guides, and more. These companions also lead us into fungal ecologies and forest histories to better understand the promise of cohabitation in a time of massive human destruction."--Publisher's description.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691220557
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
"A tale of diversity within our damaged landscapes, The Mushroom at the End of the World follows one of the strangest commodity chains of our times to explore the unexpected corners of capitalism. Here, we witness the varied and peculiar worlds of matsutake commerce: the worlds of Japanese gourmets, capitalist traders, Hmong jungle fighters, industrial forests, Yi Chinese goat herders, Finnish nature guides, and more. These companions also lead us into fungal ecologies and forest histories to better understand the promise of cohabitation in a time of massive human destruction."--Publisher's description.
The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton
Author: Mrs. Russell Barrington
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Victorian
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Victorian
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Catalogues of Sales
Author: Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
You Can't Go Home Again
Author: Thomas Wolfe
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783965370951
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
You Can't Go Home Again is a novel by Thomas Wolfe published posthumously in 1940. The novel tells the story of George Webber, a fledgling author, who writes a book that makes frequent references to his home town of Libya Hill. The book is a national success but the residents of the town, unhappy with what they view as Webber's distorted depiction of them, send the author menacing letters and death threats. (Wikipedia).
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783965370951
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
You Can't Go Home Again is a novel by Thomas Wolfe published posthumously in 1940. The novel tells the story of George Webber, a fledgling author, who writes a book that makes frequent references to his home town of Libya Hill. The book is a national success but the residents of the town, unhappy with what they view as Webber's distorted depiction of them, send the author menacing letters and death threats. (Wikipedia).
The Quartermaster Corps
Author: Erna Risch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
A Fool's Errand, by One of the Fools
Author: Albion Winegar Tourgée
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reconstruction
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reconstruction
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description