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A Victorian muse : the afterlife of Dante's Beatrice in nineteenth-century literature / Julia Straub



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Autore: Straub Julia Visualizza persona
Titolo: A Victorian muse : the afterlife of Dante's Beatrice in nineteenth-century literature / Julia Straub Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London, : Continuum, 2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (187 p.)
Disciplina: 820.9352209034
Soggetto topico: English literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Symbolism in literature
Women in literature
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-170) and index
Nota di contenuto: 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 --
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: A Victorian muse  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4742-1124-0
1-282-45281-9
9786612452819
1-4411-1071-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910456763103321
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Serie: Continuum literary studies.