{"product_id":"writing-the-pre-raphaelites-9780754657170","title":"Writing the Pre-Raphaelites","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis vibrant collection of essays claims that a complex network of texts by critics, biographers, and diarists established the credibility and influence of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. Throughout the twentieth century, Modernist taste failed to acknowledge the achievement of oppositional groupings such as the Pre-Raphaelites.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe essays collected here, however, reveal that the British group anticipated later avant-gardes by using the written word to configure for itself a radical artistic identity. Public and critics alike were scandalised by the radicalism of Pre-Raphaelite painting, its unflinching portrayal of historical figures and of contemporary life, and its irreverent attitude to artistic convention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePre-Raphaelitism's innovations were not confined to style: new forms of artistic identity and behaviour were explored. As the contributors interrogate the texts through which Pre-Raphaelitism was constructed, they demonstrate that the movement's wide influence as a cultural phenomenon derived from the interplay between exhibited works and critical discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eApplying a range of sophisticated methodologies from the fields of literary studies, art history, and cultural studies, these interdisciplinary essays uncover the neglected role of texts in the success of the Pre-Raphaelite rebellion and argue in favour of a new centrality for this movement in the history of nineteenth-century European culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47608401101036,"sku":"9780754657170","price":353.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780754657170-writing-the-pre-raphaelites.jpg?v=1778198572","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/writing-the-pre-raphaelites-9780754657170","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}