Victorian Love Letters in Literature and Art

J. B. Bullen, Roberta Zanasi

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English

Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
30 May 2024

Man-made objects depicted in art (cityscapes & machines); Diaries, letters & journals; Literary studies: general; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Series: Cultural Interactions: Studies in the Relationship between the Arts

«This book is a fascinating study of the love letter in a rich historical context, in which painting played an essential part – not merely illustrating epistolary dynamics, but creating them. Roberta Zanasi’s very engaging approach creates a fresh and significant subject in literary and art criticism. A great read.»

(Clare Brant, King’s College London)

In Victorian times, when postal reforms and technological progress revolutionized communication, letter writing became more widespread than ever. Love letters, in particular, continued to be central in the courtship ritual. However, as new ideas about love and marriage came along, they no longer exclusively represented the quintessential romantic form in the popular imagination.

Through a close analysis of a broad corpus of Victorian correspondences, novels and paintings, this book demonstrates that novelists and painters who dealt with the ever-recurring themes of love and marriage could not refrain from incorporating an epistolary element into their works. Letters still inspired artists of all kinds, and advances in communications, rather than displacing them, made people more aware of the essence and potentiality of this medium.

By: Roberta Zanasi
Series edited by: J. B. Bullen
Imprint: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Volume: 50
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 492g
ISBN: 9781803743486
ISBN 10: 1803743484
Series: Cultural Interactions: Studies in the Relationship between the Arts
Pages: 324
Publication Date: 30 May 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents: Introduction – Letters and the Victorian Context – Love Letters – Love Letters in Novels – Love Letters in Painting.

Roberta Zanasi obtained her PhD in English Literature (Cultural Studies) from the University of Bologna and the University of L’Aquila after spending a research period at King’s College London. Her area of research is English Victorian epistolary culture and the representation of letters and letter writing in literature and the visual arts.