Essaka Joshua

Pygmalion and Galatea (eBook, ePUB)

The History of a Narrative in English Literature

• Format: ePub

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: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351748841
• Artikelnr.: 62552778

Autorenporträt

Essaka Joshua is a Lecturer in the Department of English, School of Humanities, University of Birmingham, UK.

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.