Graduation Year
Winter 2010
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Literature
Reader 1
Nicholas Warner
Abstract
This thesis describes how different 19th century poets and artists depicted elements of the medieval in their artwork as a means to contradict the rapid progress and metropolitan build-up of the Industrial Revolution. The poets discussed are John Keats and Alfred, Lord Tennyson; the painters include William Holman Hunt and John William Waterhouse. Examples of the poems and corresponding Pre-Raphaelite depictions include The Eve of Saint Agnes, La Belle Dame Sans Merci and The Lady of Shalott.
Recommended Citation
Wilsey, Shannon K., "Interpretations of Medievalism in the 19th Century: Keats, Tennyson and the Pre-Raphaelites" (2010). CMC Senior Theses. 20.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/20
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Art Practice Commons, Literature in English, British Isles Commons, Medieval History Commons
