Eavesdropping in the Novel from Austen to Proust

ThegroupofyoungpaintersandwriterswhocoalescedintothePre-Raphaelitemovementinthemiddleyearsofthenineteenthcenturybecamehugelyinfluentialinthedevelopmentnotonlyofliteratureandpainting,butalsomoregenerallyofartanddesign.Thoughtheirreputationhasfluctuatedovertheyears,theirachievementsarenowrecognisedandtheirstyleenjoyedandstudiedwidely.Thisvolumeexploresthelivesandworksofthecentralfiguresinthegroup:amongothers,theRossettis,WilliamHolmanHunt,JohnEverettMillais,FordMadoxBrown,WilliamMorrisandEdwardBurne-Jones.ThisisthefirstbooktoprovideageneralintroductiontothePre-Raphaelitemovementthatintegratesitsliteraryandvisualartforms.TheCompanionexplainswhatmadethePre-Raphaelitestyleuniqueinpainting,poetry,drawingandprose.