Andromeda's Chains Gender and Interpretation in Victorian Literature and Art |
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| Author:
| Munich, Adrienne Auslander
Munich, Adrienne |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-06873-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1993 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $56.95 |
Book Description:
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This study explores the passion with which Victorian male writers and artists gave meaning to the myth of Perseus and Andromeda and its medieval analogue, the legend of St George and the dragon. It demonstrates how men used the myth to exert their own gender on Victorian culture.
This study explores the passion with which Victorian male writers and artists gave meaning to the myth of Perseus and Andromeda and its medieval analogue, the legend of St George and the dragon. It demonstrates how men used the myth to exert their own gender on Victorian culture.