The Reading Figure in Irish Art in the Long Nineteenth Century

The Reading Figure in Irish Art in the Long Nineteenth CenturyAuthor: Tricia Cusack ISBN: 9781785276446 Publisher: Anthem Press Year first published: 01 Feb 2022 Pages: 250 Format: Hardback The reading figure has been a recurrent theme in Western art but especially from the nineteenth century. This book examines Irish portraits during the long nineteenth century in which people are shown reading or holding a book. It explores different values ascribed to reading and contemporary constructions of the reader. The

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but the author mostly chronicles how he has failed to effectively navigate these differences but continues his faith journey to do better

self-preservation and doubt

but with killers stalking their every move

one based on grit

and often contested accommodation among themselves

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