LEADER 04001oam 2200709 c 450 001 9910780947803321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a1-4742-1124-0 010 $a1-282-45281-9 010 $a9786612452819 010 $a1-4411-1071-2 024 7 $a10.5040/9781474211246 035 $a(CKB)2520000000008168 035 $a(EBL)476549 035 $a(OCoLC)600096379 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000430583 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11270627 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000430583 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10456231 035 $a(PQKB)11340994 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC476549 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL476549 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10364054 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL245281 035 $a(OCoLC)893334792 035 $a(OCoLC)1138652590 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09257433 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000008168 100 $a20100107d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA Victorian muse $ethe afterlife of Dante's Beatrice in nineteenth-century literature $fJulia Straub 210 1$aLondon $cContinuum $d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (187 p.) 225 1 $aContinuum literary studies series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4411-9229-8 311 $a0-8264-4589-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [153]-170) and index 327 $aIntroduction: 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 'diaphaneite?' -- Conclusion 327 $aAcknowledgements -- 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 'Diaphaneite?' Conclusion -- Biliography -- Index -- 330 8 $aThe figure of Dante's Beatrice can be seen as a cultural phenomenon or myth during the nineteenth century, inspiring a wide variety of representations in literature and the visual arts. This study looks at the cultural afterlife of Beatrice in the Victorian period in remarkably different contexts. Focusing on literary representations and selected examples from the visual arts, this book examines works by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Christina Rossetti, George Eliot, Alfred Lord Tennyson and Walter Pater as well as by John Ruskin, Maria Rossetti and Arthur Henry Hallam. Julia Straub's analysis shows how the various representations of Beatrice in literature and in the visual arts reflect in meaningful ways some of the central social and aesthetic concerns of the Victorian period, most importantly its discourse on gender. This study offers fascinating insights into the Victorian reception of Dante by exploring the powerful appeal of his muse. 410 0$aContinuum literary studies. 606 $aEnglish literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $2Theory of art 606 $aSymbolism in literature 606 $aWomen in literature 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSymbolism in literature. 615 0$aWomen in literature. 676 $a820.9352209034 700 $aStraub$b Julia$0849191 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780947803321 996 $aA Victorian muse$93774976 997 $aUNINA