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Over Her Dead Body: Death, Femininity and the Aesthetic

Over Her Dead Body: Death, Femininity and the Aesthetic

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Literary CriticismWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0719038278
ISBN13: 9780719038273
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: Oct 1 1992
Pages: 480
Weight: 1.47
Height: 0.97 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
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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