The Sculptural Body in Victorian Literature by Patricia Pulham

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The Sculptural Body in Victorian Literature by Patricia Pulham

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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.

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The Sculptural Body in Victorian Literature by Patricia Pulham

Explores Victorian writers' erotic investment in statues Theorises the function of the sculptural body in Victorian poetry and proseOffers thorough readings of sculpture in Victorian texts and contextsExamines a wide range of works by well-known and lesser-known writers of the period (e.g. Thomas Hardy, John Ruskin, Oscar Wilde, Walter Pater, Vernon Lee, Olive Custance, Arthur O'Shaughnessy)Extends the British focus to encompass nineteenth-century European and American writings 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.
Pulham, Patricia: - Patricia Pulham is Professor of Victorian Literature at University of Surrey
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ISBN 13 9780748693429
ISBN 10 0748693424
Title The Sculptural Body in Victorian Literature
Author Patricia Pulham
Series Edinburgh Critical Studies In Victorian Culture
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Edinburgh University Press
Year published 2020-11-30
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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