{"product_id":"professions-of-taste-9780804721783","title":"Professions of Taste","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume discusses Henry James and the tradition of late 19th century British aestheticism and investigates the way Pre-Raphaelite concerns fed into Anglo-American modernism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Our understanding of the way Pre-Raphaelite concerns fertilized the aestheticist breeding grounds of Anglo-American modernism takes a leap forward with Freedman's Professions of Taste, an ambitiously theorized, handsomely written, and enlightening book.\"—\u003ci\u003eStudies in English Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eProfessions of Taste\u003c\/i\u003e is a work that Henry James might have read with pleasure. It is beautifully written, crafted in the highest spirit of critical enterprise.\"—\u003ci\u003eAmerican Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An important and innovative book. . . . \u003ci\u003eProfessions of Taste\u003c\/i\u003e reopens the question of later James in a new fashion and with a new perspective. A richer geneaology of modernism, and indeed postmodernism, begins to take shape, in which both the problematics of British aestheticism and James's relations with it play an important role.\"—\u003ci\u003eHenry James Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This well-written study sheds much new light on the sphere of experience and expertise, 'the aesthetic,' that was created in the latter half of the nineteenth century.\"—\u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405468770647,"sku":"9780804721783","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804721783.jpg?v=1730491846","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/professions-of-taste-9780804721783","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}