The girls said he'd lost his feet to the frost. The thought of it haunted me: a rapacious cold, with teeth that gnawed through flesh.
"Is prisoner Ruth Butterham mad or a murderer?
Perhaps the ribs appeared to be deformed — as in the famous illustration comparing corseted and uncorseted female ribcages from the German medical text, Uber die Wirkimgen der Schurbruste by Samuel Thomas von Soemmerring.1'4 The ...
Steele explores the cultural history of the corset, demolishing myths about this notorious garment and revealing new information and perspectives on its changing significance over the centuries. 210 illustrations.
Poetry. "THE CORSET is not a poem so much as a new way of seeing the world. In these sly and laconic epigrams, Lewis Warsh manages to explore the domain...
These and other stories form an eclectic mix, drawn together by the concept of constraint – physical, psychological, social or emotional.
These and other stories form an eclectic mix, drawn together by the concept of constraint – physical, psychological, social or emotional.