Palmer (1805-81) is generally considered to have worked outside the mainstream of Romantic painting and music, but art historians show how he adapted and commented on what his contemporaries and predecessors were doing rather than ignoring or rejecting it. They cover recent perception and study of his work; his Houndsditch days; the progress of water colors 1822-33; the education of the artist; the coast; poetry, printmaking, and illustration; modern culture; and the dark pastoral in English music of the 20th century. All but two of the papers are from the conference Samuel Palmer: A British Romantic Artist Reassessed, held in London in January 2006 to complement the exhibition Samuel Palmer: Vision and Landscape at the British Museum. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
