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Quaint, Exquisite: Victorian Aesthetics And The Idea Of Japan

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Book Title: Quaint, Exquisite : Victorian Aesthetics and the Idea of Japan Number of Pages: 240 Pages Language: English Topic: Comparative Literature, Asian / Japanese, General, Modern / 19th Century Publisher: Princeton University Press Genre: Literary Criticism, Art Format: Trade Paperback Author: Grace Elisabeth Lavery height: 0.9 in Item Height: 0.9 in width: 6.1 in Item Width: 6.1 in ISBN: 9780691227795 Illustrator: Yes Item Length: 9.2 in Item Weight: 13.8 Oz Publication Year: 2021

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Quaint, Exquisite: Victorian Aesthetics And The Idea Of Japan. Number of Pages: 240. Weight: 0.8 lbs. Publication Date: 2021-08-10. Publisher: Princeton University Press. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: Quaint, Exquisite: Victorian Aesthetics And The Idea Of Japan ISBN13: 9780691227795 ISBN10: 0691227799 Author: Lavery, Grace (Author) Description: How Japan Captured The Victorian Imagination And Transformed Western Aesthetics From The Opening Of Trade With Britain In The 1850S, Japan Occupied A Unique And Contradictory Place In The Victorian Imagination, Regarded As Both A Rival Empire And A Cradle Of Exquisite Beauty Quaint, Exquisite Explores The Enduring Impact Of This Dramatic Encounter, Showing How The Rise Of Japan Led To A Major Transformation Of Western Aesthetics At The Dawn Of Globalization Drawing On Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Queer Theory, Textual Criticism, And A Wealth Of In-Depth Archival Research, Grace Lavery Provides A Radical New Genealogy Of Aesthetic Experience In Modernity She Argues That The Global Popularity Of Japanese Art In The Late Nineteenth Century Reflected An Imagined Universal Standard Of Taste That Kant Described As The Subjective Universal Condition Of Aesthetic Judgment The Book Features Illuminating Cultural Histories Of Gilbert And Sullivan's Mikado, English Derivations Of The Haiku, And Retellings Of The Madame Butterfly Story, And Sheds Critical Light On Lesser-Known Figures Such As Winnifred Eaton, An Anglo-Chinese Novelist Who Wrote Under The Japanese Pseudonym Onoto Watanna, And Mikimoto Ryuzo, A Japanese Enthusiast Of The Victorian Art Critic John Ruskin Lavery Also Explains The Importance And Symbolic Power Of Such Material Objects As W B Yeats's Prized Katana Sword And The Japanese Vellum Luxury Editions Of Oscar Wilde Quaint, Exquisite Provides Essential Insights Into The Modern Understanding Of Beauty As A Vehicle For Both Intimacy And Violence, And The Lasting Influence Of Japanese Forms Today On Writers And Artists Such As Quentin Tarantino Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Princeton University Press Publication Date: 2021-08-10 Weight: 0.8 lbs Dimensions: Number of Pages: 240 Language: English

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