Author : Elisabeth Bronfen
Release : 2017-06-01
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 633/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Over her dead body by : Elisabeth Bronfen
Download or read book Over her dead body written by Elisabeth Bronfen. This book was released on 2017-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.