The aesthetic movement dominated the closing decades of the nineteenth century. It was significant for the role women played in it at a time when there were growing opportunities for them, both artistically and professionally. The material in this collection provides a representative selection of essays, fiction, poetry and drama by female authors.
The aesthetic movement dominated the closing decades of the nineteenth century. It was significant for the role women played in it at a time when there were growing opportunities for them, both artistically and professionally. The material in this collection provides a representative selection of essays, fiction, poetry and drama by female authors.
The aesthetic movement dominated the closing decades of the nineteenth century. It was significant for the role women played in it at a time when there were growing opportunities for them, both artistically and professionally. The material in this collection provides a representative selection of essays, fiction, poetry and drama by female authors.
The aesthetic movement dominated the closing decades of the nineteenth century. It was significant for the key role women played in it at a time when there were growing opportunities for them, both artistically and professionally. A reaction to the commercial growth and industrialization of the nineteenth century, the movement favoured beauty over utility. It affected every aspect of the arts, including literature. The material in this collection provides a representative selection of essays, fiction, poetry and drama by female authors. Organized chronologically each volume covers a particular decade. The third volume focuses on writers whose work appeared in The Yellow Book, that benchmark of aestheticism. Each writer is introduced and their critical reception assessed, whilst wider comparison with nineteenth-century literary development is also explored. The publication of these works – many for the first time in a scholarly edition – will allow further critical study of the genre. The edition will be of interest to scholars of Victorian Literature and Aestheticism, Cultural History, Women's Studies, Pre-Raphaelite Studies and the History of Art.
This instructional volume features 20 specially commissioned projects by today's leading artists and craftsmen, ranging from a door plaque decorated with Victorian angels to a stunning wall frieze in an architectural theme. 250+ color photos.
This book is a product of the authors' survey of graveyards and cemeteries that began in 2008. The survey began out of an interest in looking for the gravestones of centenarians, but soon expanded to include other gravestones that were of interest for different reasons. All these gravestones were photographed, together with a general view of the church or cemetery and the results are available on a website www.grave-mistakes.info. The authors have not been inside all the churches visited, so this book concentrates on memorials outside the churches. The history of most churches is well documented. Many of them offer publications for sale for a small sum that describe the structure of the building, the font, the stained glass, the local benefactors, the clerical incumbents, and other interior features of interest. This history is often available online, and there are also continuing projects to make parish registers available online. However almost none offer detailed guides to the inscriptions on the gravestones in their churchyards. Occasionally a study has been made of a single churchyard by an enthusiastic local person, but no-one seems to have made studies of all the burial sites of larger areas. The development of the digital camera has now made projects such as this survey possible. The survey made by the authors began when they lived in Northamptonshire and continues now that they live in Shropshire. The majority of sites they have visited have been local to their homes, but they also visit sites whenever they are in other parts of the country. Every church in Shropshire has been visited, a process which took over three years. They note that very many old gravestones are no longer legible, so their inscriptions are lost for ever. This process continues, and combined with clearance of graveyards for reasons such as easier grass-cutting or safety, is leading to the permanent loss of this precious resource for genealogy and social history. The authors encourage readers to explore their local graveyards and make their discoveries available to everyone on the internet.
So you thought you knew what went on inside The Raffles Hotel... but have you read these tales, recently unearthed from the archives? Raffles Hotel is the best-known, oldest and most elegant hotel in Singapore. When it was first built in 1887, it stood on Beach Road, overlooking the sea. Presently, Beach Road is in the middle of a thriving, modern city. There are many tales of the weird and wonderful happenings at this beautiful hotel--hundreds of famous people have also stayed there. This book holds the secrets to a century of adventures, including monsters, missing silver, spies, ghost brides and zombies. Spanning the 1920s to 2000s, these imaginative tales will draw readers into the wondrous world of the iconic Raffles Hotel and the escapades of its young guests.
The authors have viewed millions of gravestones, and are offering readers a selection of the rare and unusual gravestones that they have seen, with full-colour illustrations. Each category of type of gravestone, age of person, cause of death, rare names, and errors found on gravestones are given a points score to indicate rarity.
Presents information on the home and work life, food, clothes, education, religion, and other aspects of ancient Egypt. Includes a multimedia disk containing activities, puzzles, games, and experiments.
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