ABSTRACT

This significant collection of essays examines the cultural, literary, philosophical and historical representation of beauty in British, Irish and American literature. Contributors use the works of Charles Dickens, T S Eliot, W H Auden and Stephen Spender among others to explore the role of beauty and its wider implications in art and society.

chapter |14 pages

Introduction

chapter |12 pages

The Beauties of T. S. Eliot

chapter |12 pages

Beauty is Death