Millions of books in English, Spanish and other languages. Free UK delivery 

menu

0
  • argentina
  • chile
  • colombia
  • españa
  • méxico
  • perú
  • estados unidos
  • internacional
portada Paradise Preserved Paperback
Type
Physical Book
Year
2009
Language
English
Pages
388
Format
Paperback
Weight
1.56
ISBN
0521118921
ISBN13
9780521118927
Edition No.
1

Paradise Preserved Paperback

Max F. Schulz (Author) · Cambridge University Press · Paperback

Paradise Preserved Paperback - Max F. Schulz

New Book

£ 46.71

  • Condition: New
Origin: Spain (Import costs included in the price)
It will be shipped from our warehouse between Wednesday, July 10 and Wednesday, July 17.
You will receive it anywhere in United Kingdom between 1 and 3 business days after shipment.

Synopsis "Paradise Preserved Paperback"

This major book examines the ways in which the idea of an earthly paradise inspired English life and thought in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Professor Schulz begins with the eighteenth-century passion for landscape gardens - attempts physically to recreate Eden on earth. He traces the 'internalising' of Eden by the Romantic poets and by painters such as Constable and Palmer, and then turns to the Victorian identification of paradise not with a garden but with the city - a technological Eden, achieved by massive feats of engineering that would control the environment. Chapters on Turner, Tennyson, and the Pre-Raphaelites show the increasing disillusion with this urban and mechanised ideal as the century declined towards the purely imaginative paradises of Beardsley's drawings and Whistler's Peacock Room - Eden recreated in the dining room of a Liverpool shipping millionaire. Wide ranging in scope and generously illustrated, Paradise Preserved is a remarkable work of literary, artistic and cultural history.

Customers reviews

More customer reviews
  • 0% (0)
  • 0% (0)
  • 0% (0)
  • 0% (0)
  • 0% (0)

Frequently Asked Questions about the Book

All books in our catalog are Original.
The book is written in English.
The binding of this edition is Paperback.

Questions and Answers about the Book

Do you have a question about the book? Login to be able to add your own question.

Opinions about Bookdelivery

More customer reviews