The Sculptural Body in Victorian Literature : Encrypted Sexualities EPUB
by Patricia Pulham
Part of the Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture series
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This book argues that, in Victorian literature, transgressive desires that 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 sculptures may be kissed or caressed using metaphors of tactility that work at the intersections of touch and vision and permit the recovery of forbidden love.
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- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:08/10/2020
- ISBN:9780748693443
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- Format:EPUB
- Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:08/10/2020
- ISBN:9780748693443
