Patricia Pulham

The Sculptural Body in Victorian Literature

Encrypted Sexualities

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Explores Victorian writers' erotic investment in sculptureThis book argues that, in Victorian literature, desires which cannot be openly acknowledged are often buried and encrypted in the marble bodies of statues. Examining sculpture's ubiquity in Victorian galleries and museums Pulham observes that, while touch is prohibited in these cultural locations, Victorian texts offer 'safe' spaces where statues may be kissed or caressed using metaphors of tactility that work at the intersections of touch and vision to permit the recovery of forbidden love.Patricia Pulham is Professor of Victorian Literature at the University of Surrey and Editor of t… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-7486-9342-9
EAN: 9780748693429
Produktnummer: 23129559
Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 256 S.
Masse: H16.2 cm x B24.0 cm x D2.4 cm 522 g
Abbildungen: 30 B/W illustrations
Gewicht: 522
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Patricia Pulham is Professor of Victorian Literature at the University of Surrey and editor of the EUP journal, Victoriographies. Her research focuses on Victorian literature, culture and the visual arts, and she has published widely on a range of nineteenth-century authors. She joined the University of Surrey in 2017 where she is Director of Research in the School of Literature and Languages and teaches modules on the Victorian fin-de-siècle and neo-Victorian literature.