Author: Bell (pseud.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Haps and Mishaps of the Simpleton Family Abroad
Author: Bell (pseud.)Victorians in the Mountains
Author: Ann C. ColleyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317001990
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
In her compelling book, Ann C. Colley examines the shift away from the cult of the sublime that characterized the early part of the nineteenth century to the less reverential perspective from which the Victorians regarded mountain landscapes. And what a multifaceted perspective it was, as unprecedented numbers of the Victorian middle and professional classes took themselves off on mountaineering holidays so commonplace that the editors of Punch sarcastically reported that the route to the summit of Mont Blanc was to be carpeted. In Part One, Colley mines diaries and letters to interrogate how everyday tourists and climbers both responded to and undercut ideas about the sublime, showing how technological advances like the telescope transformed mountains into theatrical spaces where tourists thrilled to the sight of struggling climbers; almost inevitably, these distant performances were eventually reenacted at exhibitions and on the London stage. Colley's examination of the Alpine Club archives, periodicals, and other primary resources offers a more complicated and inclusive picture of female mountaineering as she documents the strong presence of women on successful expeditions in the latter half of the century. In Part Two, Colley turns to John Ruskin, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Robert Louis Stevenson, whose writings about the Alps reflect their feelings about their Romantic heritage and shed light on their ideas about perception, metaphor, and literary style. Colley concludes by offering insights into the ways in which expeditions to the Himalayas affected people's sense of the sublime, arguing that these individuals were motivated as much by the glory of Empire as by aesthetic sensibility. Her ambitious book is an astute exploration of nationalism, as well as theories of gender, spectacle, and the technicalities of glacial movement that were intruding on what before had seemed inviolable.
The English Woman's Journal
Author: The English Catalogue of Books
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Vols. for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
The English Catalogue of Books ...
Author: Sampson LowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The English Catalogue of Books [annual].: 1863-1871
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Author: Sampson LowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Volumes for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
The English Catalogue of Books: v. [1]. 1835-1863
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Author: Sampson LowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
The English Catalogue of Books [annual]
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Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Vols. for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
Bibliotheca Somersetensis: Bath books. General introduction
Author: Emanuel GreenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bath (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Bibliotheca Somersetensis
Author: Emanuel GreenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bath (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description