{"product_id":"british-aestheticism-and-the-urban-working-classes-18701900-beauty-for-the-people-palgrave-studies-in-nineteenthcentury-writing-and-culture-9781403945693","title":"British Aestheticism and the Urban Working Classes 18701900 Beauty for the People Palgrave Studies in Nineteenthcentury Writing and Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough subject to novelist's ambivalent, even satirical, representations, missionary aesthetes nevertheless constituted an influential social network, imbuing fin-de-siecle artistic communities with political purpose and political lobbies with aesthetic sensibility.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'...this book signals the rich possibilities for future studies in the field as it contributes to a continuing reassessment of the Aesthetic Movement.' - Morna O'Neill, Visual Culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures Acknowledgements What is Missionary Aestheticism? An Introduction The Social Strands of Aestheticism Octavia Hill and the Aesthetics of Victorian Tenement Reform 'In ample halls adorned with mysterious things aesthetic': Toynbee Hall as Aesthetic Haven The Museum Opening Debate and the Combative Discourses of Sabbatarianism and Missionary Aestheticism 'Art is the Handmaid of Religion': Slum Ritualism as Missionary Aestheticism George Gissing's Hopes and Fears for a Popular Aestheticism Conclusion: Missionary Aestheticism as Emancipatory Aesthetics? Notes Works Cited: Primary Sources Secondary Sources Index","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769307431255,"sku":"9781403945693","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781403945693.jpg?v=1758720558","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/british-aestheticism-and-the-urban-working-classes-18701900-beauty-for-the-people-palgrave-studies-in-nineteenthcentury-writing-and-culture-9781403945693","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}