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The Parallel Between Literature and the Visual Arts
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The classic study of the timeless relationship between literature and the visual arts In his search for a common link between literature and the visual arts, Mario Praz draws on the abundant evidence of mutual understanding and correspondence they have long shared. Praz explains that within literature, each epoch has “its peculiar handwriting or handwritings, which, if one could interpret them, would reveal a character, even a physical appearance,” and while these characteristics belong to the general style of a given period, the personality of the writer does not fail to pierce through. Praz contends that something similar occurs in art. He shows how the likeness between the arts within various periods of history can ultimately be traced to structural similarities that arise out of the characteristic way in which the people of a certain epoch see and memorize facts aesthetically. Mnemosyne, at once the goddess of memory and the mother of the muses, presides over this view of the arts. In illustrating her influence, Praz ranges widely through Western sources, providing an incomparable tour of the literary and pictorial arts.

Author Biography:

Mario Praz (1896–1982) was professor emeritus of English language and literature at the University of Rome. His books include The Romantic Agony, Studies in Seventeenth-Century Imagery, and The Flaming Heart.
Release date Australia
August 15th, 2023
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Pages
280
Audiences
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations
121 b/w illus.
Dimensions
180x255x15
ISBN-13
9780691252186
Product ID
36598520

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