02554nam 2200565 a 450 991096462890332120251117063118.00-8173-8216-X(CKB)1000000000774981(EBL)454577(OCoLC)614597879(SSID)ssj0000143995(PQKBManifestationID)11159043(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000143995(PQKBWorkID)10119262(PQKB)10743679(Au-PeEL)EBL454577(CaPaEBR)ebr10309823(MiAaPQ)EBC454577(EXLCZ)99100000000077498120060428d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEdith Wharton and the visual arts /Emily J. Orlando1st ed.Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20071 online resource (265 p.)Studies in American literary realism and naturalismDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-1537-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-239) and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Women, Art, and the Sexual Politics of (Mis)representation in Edith Wharton; 1. Beauty Enshrined: Living Pictures and Still Lifes; or, Her Body Becomes His Art; 2. Picturing Lily: Body Art in The House of Mirth and "The Potboiler"; or, Her Body Becomes Her Art; 3. "Beauty Enthroned": The Muse's Progress; 4. Angels at the Grave: Custodial Work in the Palace of Art; 5. "We'll look, not at visions, but at realities": Women, Art, and Representation in The Age of Innocence; Notes; Works Consulted; IndexAn insightful look at representations of women's bodies and female authority.This work explores Edith Wharton's career-long concern with a 19th-century visual culture that limited female artistic agency and expression.Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.Art and literatureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryVisual perception in literatureArt and literatureHistoryVisual perception in literature.813/.52Orlando Emily J(Emily Josephine),1969-1028580MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910964628903321Edith Wharton and the visual arts4459105UNINA