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Over Her Dead Body: Death, Femininity and the Aesthetic
Elisabeth Bronfen
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In 1846, Edgar Allen Poe wrote that 'the death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetic topic in the world'. The conjuction of death, art and femininity forms a rich and disturbing strata of Western culture, explored here in fascinating detail by Elisabeth Bronfen. Her examples range from Carmen to Little Nell, from Wuthering Heights to Vertigo, from Snow White to Frankenstein. The text is richly illustrated throughout with thirty-seven paintings and photographs. -- .
In 1846, Edgar Allen Poe wrote that 'the death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetic topic in the world'. The conjuction of death, art and femininity forms a rich and disturbing strata of Western culture, explored here in fascinating detail by Elisabeth Bronfen. Her examples range from Carmen to Little Nell, from Wuthering Heights to Vertigo, from Snow White to Frankenstein. The text is richly illustrated throughout with thirty-seven paintings and photographs. -- .
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
Weight
720g
Number of Pages
460
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719038273
SKU
V9780719038273
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About Elisabeth Bronfen
Elisabeth Bronfen is Professor of English and American Studies at the University of Zurich -- .
Reviews for Over Her Dead Body: Death, Femininity and the Aesthetic
Aside from the originality - or fearful finality - of its arguments, the book will be invaluable as an introduction to the use of psychoanalysis in the interpretation of cultural texts' - New Statesman & Society 'Death faces a similar taboo in our century to the one that sex suffered in the last...Bronfen addresses an important silence ... Read more