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Laurus Nobilis - Chapters on Art and Life (Hardcover)
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Laurus Nobilis - Chapters on Art and Life (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R352
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Laurus Nobilis: Chapters on Art and Life (1909) is a collection of
essays by Vernon Lee. Published at the height of her career as a
leading proponent of Aestheticism and scholar of the Italian
Renaissance, Laurus Nobilis: Chapters on Art and Life follows in
the footsteps of Walter Pater, a pioneering art historian of
Victorian England. A principled feminist and committed pacifist,
Lee was virtually blacklisted by critics and publishers following
her opposition to the First World War. Through the efforts of
dedicated scholars, however, interest in her works has increased
over the past several decades, granting her the readership she
deserves as a master of literary horror. "It is a plant of noblest
utility, averting, as the ancients thought, lightning from the
dwellings it surrounded, even as disinterested love for beauty
averts from our minds the dangers which fall on the vain and the
covetous; and curing many aches and fevers, even as the
contemplation of beauty refreshes and invigorates our spirit.
Indeed, we seem to be reading a description no longer of the
virtues of the bay laurel, but of the virtues of all beautiful
sights and sounds, of all beautiful thoughts and emotions."
Although she is more widely known for her stories of supernatural
horror, Lee was also a gifted researcher whose knowledge of art
history shines in Laurus Nobilis: Chapters on Art and Life. This
collection of essays begins with the image of the bay laurel, a
symbol of artistic achievement and divine beauty since the days of
ancient Greece. Determined to prove that beauty is an aspect of
reality separate from truth and goodness, and therefore worthy of
its own pursuit in art, Lee looks back on the work of Pater while
offering her own arguments in defense of Aestheticism. Lyrical and
personal, meditative and instructive, these essays are essential to
her reputation as a leading artist and intellectual of her time.
With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of Vernon Lee's Laurus Nobilis: Chapters
on Art and Life is a classic work of art history reimagined for
modern readers.
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