The sculptural body in Victorian literature: encrypted sexualities
This book argues that, in Victorian literature, transgressive desires that cannot be openly acknowledged are often buried and encrypted in the marble bodies of statues.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh University Press
[2020]
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Series/Journal: | Edinburgh critical studies in victorian culture
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
English language
/ Literature
/ Sculpture (Motif)
/ Eroticism (Motif)
/ History 1837-1901
B Girard, René 1923-2015 |
| Further subjects: | B
Electronic books
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | This book argues that, in Victorian literature, transgressive desires that cannot be openly acknowledged are often buried and encrypted in the marble bodies of statues. Intro -- List of Illustrations -- Series Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Nineteenth-Century Pygmalions: The Sexual Politics of Tactility -- Chapter 2 Artworks in Marble: Capturing Venus in Durable Form -- Chapter 3 'Of marble men and maidens': Sculptural Transformations -- Chapter 4 Statuephilia and the Love of the Impossible -- Chapter 5 Between Death and Sleep: Libidinal Entombments -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 200 - 219 |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7486-9343-6 978-0-7486-9344-3 |
