Evolutionary Aestheticism in Victorian Culture, Hardback/***

Although the hard-nosed scientist and the dandy aesthete seem unlikely allies at first glance, Lindsay Wilhelm argues that Victorian evolutionism and the Aesthetic (or “art for art's sake”) Movement converged on surprisingly utopian ideas about beauty, pleasure, and the power of good taste to shape our society for the better. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Author(s): Lindsay (Oklahoma State University) Wilhelm Illustration(s): Worked examples or Exercises Number of pages: 272 Collection: Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture Publication date: 2024 Dimensions: 159 x 237 x 23 Cover type: Hardback