A sense of shock : the impact of Impressionism on modern British and Irish writing /

What does modern British and Irish literature have to do with French impressionist painting? And what does Henry James have to do with the legal dispute between John Ruskin and J.M.W. Whistler? What links Walter Pater with Conrad's portrait of a genocidal maniac in Heart of Darkness? Or George...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Parkes, Adam, 1966-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:	English literature > 19th century > History and criticism. English literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Art and literature > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Art and literature > Great Britain > History > 20th century. Impressionism in literature. Visualization in literature. Imagery (Psychology) in literature. Impressionism. Modernism (Literature) > Great Britain. Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique. Littérature anglaise > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique. Art et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle. Art et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle. Impressionnisme (Littérature) Visualisation dans la littérature. Imagerie (Psychologie) dans la littérature. Modernisme (Littérature) > Grande-Bretagne. LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Literature. Art and literature English literature Imagery (Psychology) in literature Impressionism Impressionism in literature Modernism (Literature) Visualization in literature Great Britain 1800-1999 Electronic books. Literature Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Littérature.
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Table of Contents:

"A sense of justice": Ruskin, Whistler, and James
"A chain of secret influences": Pater's disciples
"Fugitive imaginings": art, nationhood, and George Moore's racial instincts
"Shocks and surprises": Conrad, terrorism and languages of sensation
"Violent moments of being": Woolf, Pater, and Fry
"The typical man of this period": Ford's depression
Epilogue: Bowen's demolished moment.