Turner, J. M. W (Joseph Mallord William) 1775-1851 Themes, motives Search this
Physical description:
viii, 230 p. : illus. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Sun
Date:
1989
19th century
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Romantic Manichaeism : Shelley's "On the devil, and devils" and Byron's mythological dramas / Marilyn Butler -- J.W.M. Turner and solar myth / John Gage -- Tennyson's "The lady of Shalott" / Isobel Armstrong -- "The sun is God" : Ruskin's solar mythology / Dinah Birch -- The sun of faith, the shadow of doubt : language and knowledge in Swinburne's myth of Apollo / Thaïs E. Morgan -- "The death of the sun" : Victorian solar physics and solar myth / Gillian Beer -- The gods in Wessex exile : Thomas Hardy and mythology / J.B. Bullen -- Conclusion : myth and metamyth in Max Müller and Walter Pater / Steven Connor
Topic:
English literature--History and criticism Search this
