[PDF.47ar] Romantic Moderns: English Writers, Artists and the Imagination from Virginia Woolf to John Piper

Romantic Moderns: English Writers, Artists and the Imagination from Virginia Woolf to John Piper

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 | #554648 in Books |  imusti |  2010-11-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.30 x1.40 x6.40l,2.06 | File type: PDF | 320 pages

 | Thames Hudson

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||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Both romantic and modern|By Orlando|This is an excellent book because it is well-researched and well-written. The subject is unusual because it deals with both writers (like Virginia Woolf and Elizabeth Bowen) and artists (like John Piper and Paul Nash) in the UK in the 1930s and 1940s. Instead of saying they were either romantics or moderns the author makes the more interestin| |“A brilliant piece of work that manages to be both comprehensive and coherent as it tells a compelling story about 20th century English art.... a significant contribution to the history of English culture.”
- Adam Foulds, author of

Winner of the 2010 Guardian First Book Award: a groundbreaking reassessment of English cultural life in the thirties and forties.

In the 1930s and 1940s, while the battles for modern art and modern society were being fought in Paris and Spain, it seemed to some a betrayal that John Betjeman and John Piper were in love with a provincial world of old churches and tea shops.

Alexandra Harris tells a different story: eclectically,...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Romantic Moderns: English Writers, Artists and the Imagination from Virginia Woolf to John Piper   |  Alexandra Harris. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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