Sleeping Beauties in Victorian Britain : Cultural, Literary and Artistic Explorations of a Myth
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
303431745X
ISBN-13
9783034317450
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New
Publisher
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Imprint
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissensc
Country of Manufacture
CH
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 21st, 2014
Print length
248 Pages
Weight
366 grams
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15.20 x 22.50 x 1.90 cms
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History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Cultural studies
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The figure of the beautiful reclining female sleeper is a recurring theme in the Victorian imagination. This book compiles and examines a corpus of Sleeping Beauties drawn from Victorian medical reports, literature and the arts and explores the significance of the enduring revival of the myth.
Artists, scientists and the wider public of the Victorian era all seem to have shared a common interest in the myth of the Briar Rose and its contemporary implications, from the Pre-Raphaelites and late Victorian aesthetes to the fascinated crowds who visited Ellen Sadler, the real-life ‘Sleeping Maid’ who is reported to have slept from 1871 to 1880.
The figure of the beautiful reclining female sleeper is a recurring theme in the Victorian imagination, invoking visual, literary and erotic connotations that contribute to a complex range of readings involving aesthetics, gender definitions and contemporary medical opinion. This book compiles and examines a corpus of Sleeping Beauties drawn from Victorian medical reports, literature and the arts and explores the significance of the enduring revival of the myth.
The figure of the beautiful reclining female sleeper is a recurring theme in the Victorian imagination, invoking visual, literary and erotic connotations that contribute to a complex range of readings involving aesthetics, gender definitions and contemporary medical opinion. This book compiles and examines a corpus of Sleeping Beauties drawn from Victorian medical reports, literature and the arts and explores the significance of the enduring revival of the myth.
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