The Pre-Raphaelites: From Rossetti to Ruskin
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- Author：Dinah Roe
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Summary
The Pre-Raphaelite Movement began in 1848， and experienced its heyday in the 1860s and 1870s。 Influenced by the then little-known Keats and Blake， as well as Wordsworth， Shelley and Coleridge， Pre-Raphaelite poetry 'etherialized sensation' （in the words of Antony Harrison）， and popularized the notion ofl'art pour l'art - art for art's sake。 Where Victorian realist novels explored the grit and grime of the Industrial Revolution， Pre-Raphaelite poems concentrated on more abstract themes of romantic love， artistic inspiration and sexuality。 Later they attracted Aesthetes and Decadents like Oscar Wilde， Aubrey Beardsley and Ernest Dowson， not to mention Gerard Manley Hopkins and W。B。 Yeats。
Reviews
Alix
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I enjoyed the wide selection of poems and the history of the PRB given by Dinah Roe in the beginning。 It was a short lived movement but I love many of the paintings and artworks produced during that time so I wanted to give some of the poetry a shot。 Your mileage will vary when it comes to the selection of poems。 While I think the poems selected are a good representation of the PRB movement， some poets are clearly better than others。 Some of the poems just read as whiny to me。 Also， a few of the I enjoyed the wide selection of poems and the history of the PRB given by Dinah Roe in the beginning。 It was a short lived movement but I love many of the paintings and artworks produced during that time so I wanted to give some of the poetry a shot。 Your mileage will vary when it comes to the selection of poems。 While I think the poems selected are a good representation of the PRB movement， some poets are clearly better than others。 Some of the poems just read as whiny to me。 Also， a few of the male poets and their poems of love were a little cringey for me at times。 I’m not a huge poetry person， but I am a fan of many classical poets， such as John Keats， of which the PRB wrote a lot of pieces about。 My favorite poets from this volume would be John Payne， William Allingham， Christina Rossetti， and Elizabeth Siddal。 If you’re a fan of poetry or interested in reading poetry from the PRB movement， I think you’ll enjoy this selection of poems。 If you’re just a casual reader I’m not sure if this will appeal to you。 These aren’t poems that appeal to a wide audience in my opinion。 。。。more
Sophie
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A broad selection of poems from the pre-raphaelites - not just the big names！
Drew
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The Pre-Raphaelites From Rossetti to Ruskin was pulled together by Dinah Roe。 Her introduction and brief chronology of this short-lived art movement were really enjoyable， and for me， the best part of the volume。 I really never got into any of the poets in this collection。 That’s not a comment on all of them， but it just didn’t do it for me。 Some of the selections did remind me of high school gloom， doom and unrequited love poetry。 This was one of the claims thrown at the PRB during their time o The Pre-Raphaelites From Rossetti to Ruskin was pulled together by Dinah Roe。 Her introduction and brief chronology of this short-lived art movement were really enjoyable， and for me， the best part of the volume。 I really never got into any of the poets in this collection。 That’s not a comment on all of them， but it just didn’t do it for me。 Some of the selections did remind me of high school gloom， doom and unrequited love poetry。 This was one of the claims thrown at the PRB during their time on the scene。 So， please take my one star rating as a reflection of my interest in the Pre-Raphaelites rather than a comment on this particular collected work。 。。。more
Aisling
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