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SLEEPING BEAUTIES IN VICTORIAN BRITAIN
CULTURAL, LITERARY AND ARTISTIC EXPLORATIONS OF A MYTH |
| By: |
Beatrice Laurent (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£49.30 |
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| ISBN 10: |
303431745X |
| ISBN 13: |
9783034317450 |
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| Publisher: |
PETER LANG AG, INTERNATIONALER VERLAG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN |
| Pub. date: |
21 November, 2014 |
| Series: |
Cultural Interactions: Studies in the Relationship between the Arts 33 |
| Pages: |
244 |
| Description: |
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. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Publication: |
Switzerland |
| Imprint: |
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften |
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Returnable |
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