Idleness and Aesthetic Consciousness, 1815-1900

Richard Adelman

earliest edition we have, 2018 Cambridge University Press, 2018 248 pages

Charting the failure of the Romantic critique of political economy, Richard Adelman explores the changing significances and the developing concepts of idleness and aesthetic consciousness during the nineteenth century. Through careful analysis of some of the period's most influential thinkers, including John Stuart Mill, George Eliot, John Ruskin and Karl Marx, Adelman weaves together evolving ideas across a range of...

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Idleness and Aesthetic Consciousness, 1815-1900 edition · 2020 · University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations · 250 pages · 9781108439381
Idleness and Aesthetic Consciousness, 1815-1900 edition · 2018 · Cambridge University Press · 248 pages · 9781108424134
Idleness and Aesthetic Consciousness, 1815-1900 edition · 2018 · University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations · 9781108539791

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