Virginal Sexuality and Textuality in Victorian Literature
Häftad, Engelska, 1992
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This book examines the figure of the virgin, a symbol central to many aspects of society and sexuality in nineteenth-century England, and its effects on the Victorian literary imagination. Studying the virgin as a social, sexual, and literary phenomenon, the volume contributes to current critical accounts of the relations among the body and language, gender, and discourse.These essays explore the ways in which virginity is not a natural ideal but a complex cultural and literary sign. The authors rethink the virginal as a textual counter-example to the idealization of "natural sexuality."
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum1992-12-24
- Mått157 x 229 x 1 mm
- Vikt363 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieSUNY series, The Body in Culture, History, and Religion
- Antal sidor257
- FörlagState University of New York Press
- ISBN9780791412848