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Straub Julia |
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A Victorian muse : the afterlife of Dante's Beatrice in nineteenth-century literature / Julia Straub |
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London, : Continuum, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-4742-1124-0 |
1-282-45281-9 |
9786612452819 |
1-4411-1071-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (187 p.) |
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Collana |
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Continuum literary studies series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
Symbolism in literature |
Women in literature |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-170) and index |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: Beatrice's Victorian afterlife -- Seeing Beatrice: the visualization of Beatrice in Victorian culture -- Looking for the real Beatrice: the Rossetti family -- Ideal visions: Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Christina Rossetti -- Deconstruction of an ideal: George Eliot's Romola -- Mourning a male Beatrice: Alfred Lord Tennyson's In memoriam -- Construction of a new ideal: Walter Pater's 'diaphaneitè' -- Conclusion |
Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- 1. Introduction: Beatrice's Victorian Afterlife -- 2. Seeing Beatrice: The Visualization of Beatrice in Victorian Culture -- 3. Looking for the Real Beatrice: The Rossetti Family -- 4. Ideal Visions: Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Christina Rossetti -- 5. Deconstruction of an Ideal: George Eliot's Romola -- 6. Mourning a Male Beatrice: Alfred Lord Tennyson's In Memoriam -- 7. Construction of a New Ideal: Walter Pater's 'Diaphaneitè' Conclusion -- Biliography -- Index -- |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The figure of Dante's Beatrice can be seen as a cultural phenomenon or myth during the nineteenth century, inspiring a wide variety of representations in literature and the visual arts. This study looks at the cultural afterlife of Beatrice in the Victorian period in remarkably |
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