Visionary and Dreamer
Two Poetic Painters: Samuel Palmer and Edward Burne-Jones
Published on 15. August 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-0-691-25216-2 (ISBN)
Description
An eminent literary biographer and critic shows how poetry enriched the art of two representative English Romantic painters
In Visionary and Dreamer, David Cecil evokes the century of the poet-painter, when painting drew much of its inspiration from imaginative literature. Samuel Palmer (1805-1881), an unworldly visionary, obscure in his lifetime but now a recognized master, and Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898), the Pre-Raphaelite daydreamer, once revered as a great painter but later admired chiefly for his work in applied art, emerge as artists who turned to their own inner lives to interpret Shakespeare, Milton, and Keats.
In Visionary and Dreamer, David Cecil evokes the century of the poet-painter, when painting drew much of its inspiration from imaginative literature. Samuel Palmer (1805-1881), an unworldly visionary, obscure in his lifetime but now a recognized master, and Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898), the Pre-Raphaelite daydreamer, once revered as a great painter but later admired chiefly for his work in applied art, emerge as artists who turned to their own inner lives to interpret Shakespeare, Milton, and Keats.
Reviews / Votes
"[Cecil] does more for both painters than simply recount their lives. He presents both the visionary and dreamer in the bright and captivating light of his own sympathy." * The Observer *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
116 b/w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 251 mm
Width: 201 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-25216-2 (9780691252162)
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10/2023
1st Edition
Princeton University Press
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Person
David Cecil (1902-1986) was a literary historian and biographer and professor of English literature at the University of Oxford. He was the author of many books, including A Portrait of Jane Austen.