Over Her Dead Body: Death, Femininity and the Aesthetic

by 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.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0719038278

ISBN13:9780719038273

Release Date:October 1992

Publisher:Manchester University Press

Length:480 Pages

Weight:1.85 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary

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Arts, Music & Photography Criticism & Theory History & Criticism Humanities Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Movements & Periods Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Textbooks Themes Women in Art

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