Title:
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MONUMENTS AND MAIDENS
THE ALLEGORY OF THE FEMALE FORM |
By: |
Marina Warner |
Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£14.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1409029182 |
ISBN 13: |
9781409029182 |
Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
Pub. date: |
1 December, 2010 |
Pages: |
496 |
Description: |
Why should Truth be a woman? Or Nature? Or Justice? Or Liberty? Not, certainly, because women have been more free, just, truthful, nor even (though this one has a double edge) more natural. The author sets out to breathe some life into the army of petrified personages that litters western cityscapes. |
Synopsis: |
'Why should Truth be a woman? Or Nature? Or Justice? Or Liberty? Not, certainly, because women have been more free, just, truthful, nor even (though this one has a double edge) more natural. Marina Warner sets out to breathe some life into the army of petrified personages that litters western cityscapes... As her book shows, these stony ladies can be persuaded to yield surprisingly interesting answers' - Lorna Sage, ObserverAn entertaining and enlightening book about the relationship between allegory and female form from one of the great feminists and cultural historians of our time, Marina Warner. |
Illustrations: |
1 Illustrations, unspecified |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Vintage Digital |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |