An edition of The first Bohemians
(2014)
The first Bohemians
life and art in London's golden age
by Vic Gatrell
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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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British Art, History, Intellectual life, Art, british, London (england), history, London (england), intellectual lifePlaces
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Table of Contents
Part I Covent Garden
1 A Sense of Place
2 A Low and Turbulent People
3 Harlots
Part II Artists
4 The First Bohemians
5 The Men's World
6 Real Life
7 Hogarth and Low Life
8 Rowlandson's London
9 The Gordon Riots: An Ending
10 Turner, Ruskin and Covent Garden: An Aftermath.
Edition Notes
Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2013.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-460) and index.
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