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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:	Libro Electrónico
Main Author:	Pulham, Patricia, 1959- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020]
Series:	Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture.
Subjects:	1800-1899 English literature > 19th century > History and criticism. Sculpture in literature. Touch in literature. Lust in literature. Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique. Sculpture dans la littérature. Toucher dans la littérature. Luxure dans la littérature. LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist English literature Lust in literature Sculpture in literature Touch in literature Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Texto completo

Table of Contents:

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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