Over her dead body : death, femininity, and the aesthetic / Elisabeth Bronfen.

"In 1846, Edgar Allan Poe wrote that "the death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetic topic in the world'. The conjunction of death, art and femininity forms a rich and disturbing strata of Western culture, explored here in fascinating detail by Elisabeth Bronfen. H...

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Main Author: Bronfen, Elisabeth.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 1992.
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Call Number: PN56.D4 B76 1992
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