The Cambridge Companion to the Pre-Raphaelites
The Cambridge Companion to the Pre-Raphaelites
The group of young painters and writers who coalesced into the Pre-Raphaelite movement in the middle years of the nineteenth century became hugely influential in the development not only of literature and painting, but also more generally of art and design. Though their reputation has fluctuated over the years, their achievements are now recognised and their style enjoyed and studied widely. This volume explores the lives and works of the central figures in the group: among others, the Rossettis, William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, Ford Madox Brown, William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones. This is the first book to provide a general introduction to the Pre-Raphaelite movement that integrates its literary and visual art forms. The Companion explains what made the Pre-Raphaelite style unique in painting, poetry, drawing and prose.
- Covers both Pre-Raphaelite literature and art, with essays by literary scholars and art historians
- Includes individual chapters on key figures: the Rossettis, Morris, Burne-Jones
- Includes 20 illustrations of important works of art
Reviews & endorsements
"Ambitious and challenging, The Cambridge Companion to the Pre-Raphaelites achieves the impossible task of a somewhat comprehensive view of Pre-Raphaelite poetry and painting, thus making a solid contribution to Pre-Raphaelite studies and art history."
Journal of Pre-Raphaelite Studies
"… offers eighteen distinct chapters and an introduction by major scholars in the field, the variety of authorship allowing for an unusually full treatment of individual issues and artists. In the case of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Morris, there is one chapter on the verse and another on the plastic arts. What emerges is an unusually textured account of a movement and its sources and ramifications."
Jonah Siegal, Victorian Studies
Product details
July 2012Hardback
9780521895156
336 pages
235 × 156 × 18 mm
0.56kg
20 b/w illus.
Available
Table of Contents
- Chronology Louise Hughes
- Introduction Elizabeth Prettejohn
- Part I. Pre-Raphaelitism:
- 1. The Pre-Raphaelites and literature Isobel Armstrong
- 2. Artistic inspirations Jenny Graham
- 3. Pre-Raphaelite drawing Colin Cruise
- 4. The religious and intellectual background Michaela Giebelhausen
- 5. The Germ Andrew M. Stauffer
- Part II. Pre-Raphaelites:
- 6. The poetry of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–82) Jerome McGann
- 7. The painting of Dante Gabriel Rossetti Elizabeth Prettejohn
- 8. William Holman Hunt (1827–1910) Carol Jacobi
- 9. John Everett Millais (1829–96) Paul Barlow
- 10. Ford Madox Brown (1821–93) Tim Barringer
- 11. Christina Rossetti (1830–94) Lorraine Janzen Kooistra
- 12. Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall (1829–62) Deborah Cherry
- 13. The writings of William Morris (1834–96) Jeffrey Skoblow
- 14. The designs of William Morris Imogen Hart
- 15. Edward Burne-Jones (1833–98) Caroline Arscott
- 16. Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909) Catherine Maxwell
- 17. William Michael Rossetti (1829–1919) Angela Thirlwell
- 18. Envoi Elizabeth Prettejohn
- Appendix 1. The contents of The Germ
- Appendix 2. The Pre-Raphaelite 'list of Immortals'
- Guide to further reading and looking
- Index.
