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The first Bohemians : life and art in London's golden age

Gatrell, Vic, 1941-2013
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In the teeming, disordered, and sexually charged square half-mile centred 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 Beggar's Opera and Moll Flanders.
Imprint:
London : Allen Lane, 2013.
Collation:
xxvi, 484 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781846146770 (hbk)9780718195823 (ebook)
Language:
English
BRN:
1049020
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
Milton Keynes Central LibraryAdult non-fiction942.107 GATAvailable
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