Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
The Letters of Elizabeth Rigby, Lady Eastlake
Julie Sheldon
€ 65.03
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The Letters of Elizabeth Rigby, Lady Eastlake
Hardcover. 2009 was the bicentenary of the birth of the English writer, translator, critic and amateur artist Elizabeth Rigby, Lady Eastlake (1809-1893). This book brings together a comprehensive collection of her surviving correspondence. Editor(s): Sheldon, Julie. Series: Liverpool English Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 169 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1136.
2009 was the bicentenary of the birth of the English writer, translator, critic and amateur artist Elizabeth Rigby, Lady Eastlake (1809-1893). Bringing together a comprehensive collection of her surviving correspondence, the Letters of Elizabeth Rigby, Lady Eastlake reveals significant new material about this extraordinary figure in Victorian society. The scope of Lady Eastlake's writing is wide and interdisciplinary, which recommends her as a significant figure in Victorian culture, giving rise to revelations about the ways in which different cultural activities were linked. Lady Eastlake lived for extended periods of time abroad in Germany and Estonia, and wrote an early work ... Read more
2009 was the bicentenary of the birth of the English writer, translator, critic and amateur artist Elizabeth Rigby, Lady Eastlake (1809-1893). Bringing together a comprehensive collection of her surviving correspondence, the Letters of Elizabeth Rigby, Lady Eastlake reveals significant new material about this extraordinary figure in Victorian society. The scope of Lady Eastlake's writing is wide and interdisciplinary, which recommends her as a significant figure in Victorian culture, giving rise to revelations about the ways in which different cultural activities were linked. Lady Eastlake lived for extended periods of time abroad in Germany and Estonia, and wrote an early work ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Series
Liverpool English Texts and Studies
Condition
New
Weight
1135g
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846311949
SKU
V9781846311949
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Julie Sheldon
Julie Sheldon is Professor of Art History at Liverpool John Moores University, where she is also Dean of the Graduate School. She has published widely on nineteenth and twentieth century art and her work includes: Modern Art: A Critical Introduction (2004), Making American Art (2008), Art in a City Revisited (2009), The Letters of Lady Eastlake (2009) and Art for ... Read more
Reviews for The Letters of Elizabeth Rigby, Lady Eastlake
Spirited and outspoken, Lady Eastlake had a significant impact on the life of mid-Victorian London. Julie Sheldon's meticulous edition of her rich correspondence makes a powerful contribution to our understanding of the cultural controversies of the period, and of the part that a confident and well-connected woman could play in these debates. Dinah Birch, University of Liverpool ... Read more