In the late nineteenth century the conventions of Victorian domesticity came under scrutiny by British writers, designers, artists, and architects intent on bringing a modern spirit into the home. Seeking to redefine the spaces of middle-class private life, figures such as E. M. Forster, Roger Fry, Oscar Wilde, James McNeill Whistler, and Virginia Woolf attempted to rethink Victorian design and reconstruct the form, function, and meaning of the home to meet the demands of modernity. In this study, Rosner draws on a host of previously unexamined archival sources and reveals the many personal and aesthetic connections among modern British writers, interior designers, and architects, elegantly synthesizing modernist literature with architectural plans, room designs, and decorative art.
Introduction to Personality and Intelligence (SAGE Foundations of Psychology series)
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The Facts On File Companion to British Poetry before 1600 is part of a four-volume set on British poetry from its beginning to the present. This particular volume covers poetry written during the Anglo-Saxon, Middle English, and early Renaissance (Tudor) literary periods in the area traditionally referred to as the British Isles, which includes England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.