Title: Breaking and remaking
Description: Paulson shows how 18th-century English poets and artists confronted the decline of High Renaissance ideals in literary theory and aesthetics. The book is less a single extended argument, though, than a collection of brilliant insights and interpretations: Pope as Ovidian poet; Joseph Wright as Shandyan artist. Especially stimulating are the readings of Hogarth, Wright, Gainsborough, Stubbs, and Constable that comprise the second half of the book. Except for the deconstructionist jargon, the discussions are lucid and compelling. Highly recommended for libraries supporting graduate programs in literature or art.
Subjects: Arts, British Aesthetics, History, Esthetica, Angleterre, Esthetique britannique, 18e siecle, Literatur, Kunstbeoefening, Englisch, Asthetik, Malerei, Poetik, 19e siecle, Kunst, Aesthetics, history, Great britain, history, 18th century, Great britain, history, 19th century
Places: England
Time periods: 18th century, 19th century