The Edwardian Sense; Art, Design, and Performance in Britain, 1901-1910

Although numerous studies have explored the Edwardian period (1901-1910) as one of political and social change, this innovative book is the first to explore how art, design, and performance not only registered those changes but helped to precipitate them. While acknowledging familiar divisions between the highbrow world of aesthetic theory and the popular delights of the music hall, or between the neo-Baroque magnificence of central London and the slums of the East End,The Edwardiansalso discusses the middlebrow culture that characterizes the anonymous edge of the city. Essays are divided into three sections under the broad headings of spectacle, setting, and place, which reflect the book's focus on the visual, spatial, and geographic perspectives of the Edwardians themselves.

Morna O'Neill is Assistant Professor of Art History in the Department of Art, Wake Forest University.
Michael Hatt is Professor of History of Art at the University of Warwick.