The Sculptural Body in Victorian Literature : Encrypted Sexualities, Paperback / softback Book

The Sculptural Body in Victorian Literature : Encrypted Sexualities Paperback / softback

Part of the Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture series

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This 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.

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