Pre-Raphaelite Body - Fear and Desire in Painting, Poetry, and Criticism

Zusatztext an important survey of discourses of Victorian malaise, a case-study in the topography of discontent ... Bullen's elegantly written book reveals a lexicon of discomfort with bodily images which violated conventional modes of visual representation, and which seemed, in their degeneracy, to endanger the nation's well-being. This is an illuminating study, an important source-text, a volume which throws light on cultural history, sexual mores, the formation of discourses on the aesthetic, and the purchase of culturally constructed gender roles on the reception of avant-garde Victorian paintin and poetry. Zusammenfassung Pre-Raphaelitism was the first avant-garde movement in Britain, and it shocked society. This study traces the source of that shock to the representation of the human body. It discusses the sexualization of the female body, and locates contemporary writing within the context of the "woman question".

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• Authors: J. B. Bullen, J. B. (Professor in the Department of Engl Bullen, J. B. (Professor in the Department of English Bullen, J.B. Bullen, Bullen J. B.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.1998
• EAN: 9780198182573
• ISBN: 978-0-19-818257-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Cultural Studies, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, ART / History / General, ART / European, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Pre-Raphaelite, History of Art, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Art & Design Styles: Pre-Raphaelite Art, Literary studies: poetry and poets