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Galatea's Emancipation.
The Pygmalion myth, most famously told by Ovid in his Metamorphoses, has always fascinated artists. This fascination, due to the erotic potential of the story, resulted in an abundance of patriarchal re-narrations from the Middle Ages to the late 19th century. With the turn of the 20th century, howe...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hamburg :
Diplomica Verlag,
2014.
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| Colección: | Compact
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Galatea's Emancipation; Table of Contents; I Introduction; II The Genuine Pygmalion: Ovid's Version of the Myth in the Metamorphoses; III The Myth and Its Reception Until the End of the 19th Century; 1. Reception of Pygmalion Until the 19th Century: From Idolater to Artistic Genius; 2. The Victorian Reception of Pygmalion; 3. The Representation of Galatea; IV Retelling Pygmalion: New, Feminist Conceptions in the 20th and 21st Centuries; 1. Critical View on the Educator Pygmalion; 2. Pygmalion as Pervert: Angela Carter's Short Story "The Loves of Lady Purple" (1974)
- 3. Pygmalion Outwitted: Carol Ann Duffy's Poem "Pygmalion's Bride" (1999)4. Role-reversal: Neil LaBute's Drama The Shape of Things (2001); V Conclusion; Bibliography