Essaka Joshua

Pygmalion and Galatea

The History of a Narrative in English Literature

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 2001, this book focuses on the use of the story of Pygmalion and Galatea in nineteenth-century British literature, exploring gender issues, the nature of artistic creativity and the morality of Greek art.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9781138728783
• ISBN-10: 1138728780
• Artikelnr.: 70250572

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Beginnings to the nineteenth century
'Don't look at J.J. Rousseau': Pygmalion and the Romantics
Adam's dream: Post-Romantic renarrations
The Pre-Raphaelite Pygmalion and mid-victorian hellenism
Nineteenth-Century Pygmalion plays: the context of Shaw's Pygmalion
The twentieth century: towards a conclusion
Appendix 1 The Pygmalion story in dictionaries and handbooks of classical literature
Appendix 2 Bibliography of Pygmalion references.