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KeyPointsinChapter17ArthurHughCloughGerardManleyHopkinsEdwardFitzgeraldTheAestheticMovement

ArthurHughClough

(1819-1861)

IntroductionTheshepherdpoetinMathewArnold’selegy,Thyrsis,CloughwasoneofArnold’sclosestfriendsintemperamentandsensitivity.HewrotethebestkindofhexametersinEnglishpoetry.Allhislifehewastornbetweenfaithanddoubt.Thepeoplearehopelessandbelief-less.Thereisnoheavenorhell.So“Eat,drink,anddie.”Majorworks:Dipsychus,“SayNotStruggleNoughtAvaileth”

GerardManleyHopkins

(1844-1889)

IntroductionIHeprovedhimselftobeoneofthefinestVictorianpoetsbothinvirtuosityandinnovativeenthusiasm.Todayinterestinhispoetryandthoughtisvisiblyontheincrease.Hopkinswasoddandobscure.Hisepic-lengthTheWreckoftheDeutschlandisdifficultbutranksalongwithIdyllsoftheKingandTheRingandtheBook.Hewroteinhiskindofrhythmwhichhecalledthe“sprungrhythm.”

TheAestheticMovement

IntroductionIIThemoralaestheticoftheperiodbecamewithtimetoodemandingforthoseintellectuallysensitivepeople.TheAestheticMovementwastheexactoppositeinnaturetotheheavilydidactictendencyoftheearlyandHighVictorianperiod.ThemovementrepresentstheperplexedreactiononthepartofthethinkingmindstothehumdrumanddishonestcivilizationoftheVictorianperiodandanattempttoescapefromit.JohnRuskinwasamongthefirsttospeakoutagainsttheprevailingtrend.

TheAestheticMovement

IntroductionIIIAgroupofyoungpeoplewithpoet-painterDanteGabrielRossettiasitschiefformedthemselvesin1848whattheycalledthePre-RaphaeliteBrotherhoodandjoinedthefightforbeauty.Thesocalled“Pre-Raphaelite”means“theperiodbeforetheRenaissance”orthemedievalperiodwhenpureartwasnotonlytoleratedbutprized.Allthroughthe1870sthecultofbeautybecameafactoflife.Thetheoryofartforart’ssakeappeared.

TheAestheticMovement

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