The first Bohemians : life and art in London's golden age
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Published
London : Penguin Books, 2014.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxvi, 484 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
941 Gat
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Published
London : Penguin Books, 2014.
Street Date
201406.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2013.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-460) and index.
Description
In the teeming, disordered, and sexually charged square half-mile centered on London's Covent Garden something extraordinary evolved in the 18th century. It was the world's first creative 'Bohemia'. The nation's most significant artists, actors, poets, novelists, and dramatists lived here. Vic Gatrell recreates this time and place by drawing on a vast range of sources, showing the deepening fascination with 'real life' that resulted in the work of artists like Hogarth, Blake, and Rowlandson, or in great literary works like The Beg.
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