Belcaro - Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions

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Belcaro - Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions is an 1881 collection of essays on the subject of aestheticism written by Vernon Lee. Contents include: The Book and its Title , The Child in the Vatican , Orpheus and Eurydice - The Lesson of a Bas-Relief , Faustus and Helena - Notes on the Supernatural in Art , Chapelmaster Kreisler - A Study of Musical Romanticists , Cherubino - A Psychological Art Fancy , In Umbria - A Study of Artistic Personality , Ruskinism - The Would-Be Study of a Conscience , A Dialogue on Poetic Morality , and Postscript or Apology . Violet Paget (1856-1935), also known under the pseudonym Vernon Lee, was a French-born British writer famous for her supernatural fiction and contributions to the field of aesthetics. She also wrote more than a dozen books on a variety of subjects ranging from music to travel, and today she is best remembered for her original ideas and amusing use of irony. Other notable works by this author include: The Prince of the Hundred Soups: A Puppet Show in Narrative (1883), The Countess of Albany (1884), and Miss Brown (1884). Read & Co. Great Essays is proudly republishing this classic collection of essays now in a new edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.