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Author:   Colin Trodd ,  Paul Barlow ,  David Amigoni
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.580kg
ISBN:  

9781138478930

ISBN 10:   1138478938
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   22 May 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Acknowledgements List of Contributors List of Figures Introduction: Uncovering the Grotesque in Victorian Culture 1. ‘Borrowing Gargantua’s Mouth: Biography, Bahktin and Grotesque Discourse – James Boswell, Thomas Carlyle and Leslie Stephen on Samuel Johnson 2. Thomas Carlyle’s Grotesque Conceits 3. Culture and Energy: Ford Maddox Brown, Thomas Carlyle and Cromwellian Grotesque 4. ‘Griffinism, Grace and All’: The Riddle of the Grotesque in John Ruskin’s Modern Painters 5. Grotesque Obscenities: Thomas Woolner’s Civilization and its Discontents 6. ‘Entangled Banks’: Robert Browning, Richard Dadd and the Darwinian Grotesque 7. Monsters and Monstrosities: Grotesque Taste and Victorian Design 8. Turning Back the Grotsque: G.F. Watts, the Matter of Painting and the Oblivion of Art Bibliography Index

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