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Zusatztext '... a distinguished and serious contribution to nineteenth-century studies. It offers new views of Pre-Raphaelitism in general and fresh ways of reading both masculinity and femininity in Pre-Raphaelite work. All the contributions have something interesting to say... they open the way for further exploration of a rich and rewarding path.' Review of the Pre-Raphaelite Society 'This is a challenging and intriguing volume! which poses fresh questions! opens up new paths and adds an important strand to the analysis of Victorian masculinity as a whole.' Burlington Magazine Informationen zum Autor Amelia Yeates is Senior Lecturer in Art History in the Department of Fine and Applied Arts at Liverpool Hope University! UK. Serena Trowbridge is Lecturer in the School of English at Birmingham City University! UK. Klappentext Paying particular attention to the representation of non-normative or alternative masculinities! the contributors to Pre-Raphaelite Masculinities examine the works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti! William Morris! Edward Burne-Jones! William Bell Scott! William Holman Hunt! among others. Zusammenfassung Paying particular attention to the representation of non-normative or alternative masculinities, the contributors to Pre-Raphaelite Masculinities examine the works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones, William Bell Scott, William Holman Hunt, among others. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction: Pre-Raphaelite masculinities in context! Amelia Yeates and Serena Trowbridge; 'How grew such presence from man's shameful swarm': Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Victorian masculinity! Jay D. Sloan; William Morris's Sigurd the Volsung and the parameters of manliness! Ingrid Hanson; The hallucination of the real: Pre-Raphaelite vision as a crisis of Romantic masculinity! Gavin Budge; Health and manliness in the reception of Edward Burne-Jones's work! Amelia Yeates; Marginal masculinities? Regional and gender borders in William Bell Scott's Wallington scheme! Rosemary Mitchell; Interpreting masculinity: Pre-Raphaelite illustration and the Works of Tennyson! Christina Rossetti and Trollope! Simon Cooke; 'Me! who ride alone': male chastity in Pre-Raphaelite poetry and art! Dinah Roe; In praise of Venus: Victorian masculinity and Tannhäuser as aesthetic hero! Sally-Anne Huxtable; Christianity! masculinity! imperialism: The Light of the World and colonial contexts of display! Eleanor Fraser Stansbie; Afterword! Colin Cruise; Bibliography; Index. ...
