The Vulgarization of Art The Victorians and Aesthetic Democracy |
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| Author:
| Dowling, Linda |
| Series title: | Victorian Literature and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-2395-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2012 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
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Book Description:
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The Vulgarization of Art explores the tragic consequences for the Aesthetic Movement when a repressed and irresolvable conflict between Shaftesbury's assumption of "aristocratic souland the Victorian ideal of "aesthetic democracyrepeatedly shatters the hopes of such writers as Ruskin, Morris, Pater, and Wilde for social transformation through the aesthetic sense.
The Vulgarization of Art explores the tragic consequences for the Aesthetic Movement when a repressed and irresolvable conflict between Shaftesbury's assumption of "aristocratic souland the Victorian ideal of "aesthetic democracyrepeatedly shatters the hopes of such writers as Ruskin, Morris, Pater, and Wilde for social transformation through the aesthetic sense.