Over her dead body: Death, femininity and the aesthetic

Over her dead body: Death, femininity and the aesthetic
ISBN-10
1526125633
ISBN-13
9781526125637
Series
Over Her Dead Body
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
460
Language
English
Published
2017-06-01
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Author
Elisabeth Bronfen

Description

In 1846, Edgar Allen Poe wrote that 'the death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetic topic in the world'. The conjuction of death, art and femininity forms a rich and disturbing strata of Western culture, explored here in fascinating detail by Elisabeth Bronfen. Her examples range from Carmen to Little Nell, from Wuthering Heights to Vertigo, from Snow White to Frankenstein. The text is richly illustrated throughout with thirty-seven paintings and photographs.

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