Lady Trevelyan and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
An entertaining account of an extraordinary cultural and historical event: - the establishment by one highly intelligent woman of a salon of the arts in a beautiful country house in Northumberland. Wallington Hall was remote from the major centres of artistic activity, such as London and Edinburgh. Yet Pauline Trevelyan single handedly made it the focus of High Victorian cultural life. Among those she attracted into her orbit were Ruskin, Swinburne, the Brownings, the Rossettis (Dante Gabriel, Christina and William Michael), Carlyle, and Millais and other members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.The penniless but clever daughter of a clergym…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7011-7304-3
- EAN: 9780701173043
- Produktnummer: 16431667
- Verlag: Random House Uk
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Masse: H23.6 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.3 cm 567 g
- Gewicht: 567
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John Batchelor is Professor of English Literature at the University of Newcastle, having previously been a Fellow of New College Oxford. His previous biographies include books about Ruskin, Virginia Woolf, H.G. Wells and Conrad, and he is working on a major biography of Tennyson. He is editor of of the literary magazine Modern Language Review (English and American Literature).From the reviews of his book on Ruskin (Chatto hardback, Vintage paperback):'The perfect condensed account of Ruskin's life' Alain de Botton, Daily Telegraph'Altogether an inspiring volume, filled with scholarship and love' Peter Ackroyd, The Times'Lucid, timely and important' Chris Woodhead, Mail on Sunday'Excellent new biographical study ... attractively written and well argued, it finds room for a good deal of picturesque detail' John Gross, Sunday Times
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