The Visual and Verbal Sketch in British Romanticism

The Visual and Verbal Sketch in British Romanticism - Hardcover

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The Visual and Verbal Sketch in British Romanticism - Hardcover

The Visual and Verbal Sketch in British Romanticism - Hardcover

by Richard C. Sha
$129.98
$129.98

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by Richard C. Sha (Author)

With their broken lines and hasty brushwork, sketches acquired enormous ideological and aesthetic power during the Romantic period in England. Whether publicly displayed or serving as the basis of a written genre, these rough drawings played a central role in the cultural ferment of the age by persuading audiences that less is more.

The Visual and Verbal Sketch in British Romanticism investigates the varied implications of sketching in late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century culture. Calling on a wide range of literary and visual genres, Richard C. Sha examines the shifting economic and aesthetic value of the sketch in sources ranging from auction catalogs and sketching manuals to novels that employed scenes of sketching and courtship. He especially shows how sketching became a double-edged accomplishment for women when used to define proper femininity.

Sha's work offers fresh readings of Austen, Gilpin, Wordsworth, and Byron, as well as less familiar writers, and provides sophisticated interpretations of visual sketches. As the first full-length work about sketching during the Romantic era, this volume is a rich interdisciplinary study of both representation and gender.

Author Biography

Richard C. Sha is Professor of Literature and Affiliate Professor of Philosophy at American University. He is author of Perverse Romanticism: Aesthetics and Sexuality in Britain, 1750 1832 and editor of Historicizing Romantic Sexuality.

Number of Pages: 288
Dimensions: 1 x 9.23 x 6.23 IN
Publication Date: August 29, 1997
ISBN9780812234206
Author Richard C. Sha
PublisherUniversity of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary
GenreArts, Literature, and History
FormatHardcover
PublishedAugust 1997
LanguageENG- English
Pages288
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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