Pygmalion and Galatea : the history of a narrative in English literature / Essaka Joshua.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Joshua, Essaka.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pygmalion (Mythological character)--In literature--History.

Pygmalion.

English literature--History and criticism.

English literature.

Galatea, statue brought to life (Greek mythology), in literature--History.

Galatea, statue brought to life (Greek mythology), in literature.

Archetype (Psychology) in literature.

History.

Physical Description:

xxi, 216 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, [2001]

Contents:

1 Beginnings to the Nineteenth Century 1

2 'Don't look at J. J. Rousseau': Pygmalion and the Romantics 37

3 Adam's Dream: Post-Romantic Renarrations 53

4 The Pre-Raphaelite Pygmalion and Mid-Victorian Hellenism 81

5 Nineteenth-Century Pygmalion Plays: The Context of Shaw's Pygmalion 97

6 The Twentieth Century: Towards a Conclusion 135

Appendix 1 The Pygmalion Story in Dictionaries and Handbooks of Classical Literature 157

Appendix 2 Bibliography of Pygmalion References 161.

Notes:

Revised Ph.D. thesis-University of Birmingham, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0754604470

OCLC:

47118942