04001oam 2200709 c 450 991078094780332120200115203623.01-4742-1124-01-282-45281-997866124528191-4411-1071-210.5040/9781474211246(CKB)2520000000008168(EBL)476549(OCoLC)600096379(SSID)ssj0000430583(PQKBManifestationID)11270627(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000430583(PQKBWorkID)10456231(PQKB)11340994(MiAaPQ)EBC476549(Au-PeEL)EBL476549(CaPaEBR)ebr10364054(CaONFJC)MIL245281(OCoLC)893334792(OCoLC)1138652590(UtOrBLW)bpp09257433(EXLCZ)99252000000000816820100107d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA Victorian muse the afterlife of Dante's Beatrice in nineteenth-century literature Julia StraubLondon Continuum 2009.1 online resource (187 p.)Continuum literary studies seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-4411-9229-8 0-8264-4589-6 Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-170) and indexIntroduction: 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' -- ConclusionAcknowledgements -- 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 -- 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 different contexts. Focusing on literary representations and selected examples from the visual arts, this book examines works by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Christina Rossetti, George Eliot, Alfred Lord Tennyson and Walter Pater as well as by John Ruskin, Maria Rossetti and Arthur Henry Hallam. Julia Straub's analysis shows how the various representations of Beatrice in literature and in the visual arts reflect in meaningful ways some of the central social and aesthetic concerns of the Victorian period, most importantly its discourse on gender. This study offers fascinating insights into the Victorian reception of Dante by exploring the powerful appeal of his muse. Continuum literary studies.English literature19th centuryHistory and criticismTheory of artSymbolism in literatureWomen in literatureEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.Symbolism in literature.Women in literature.820.9352209034Straub Julia849191UtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBPBOOK9910780947803321A Victorian muse3774976UNINA