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Andromeda's Chains : Gender and Interpretation in Victorian Literature and Art / Adrienne Auslander Munich.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Munich, Adrienne, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Andromeda, Princess, daughter of Cepheus, King of Ethiopia (Mythological character)--Art.
- Andromeda.
- Perseus (Greek mythological character)--Art.
- Perseus.
- Arts, Victorian--Great Britain.
- Arts, Victorian.
- Arts, British.
- Allegories.
- Women in art.
- Feminism and literature--Great Britain.
- Feminism and literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [1989]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- An examination of gender and power through Victorian representations of myths in literature and art. Looks specifically at interpretations of Perseus and Andromeda mythology, along with St. George and the dragon.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Interpretation and Gender
- 1. The Poetics of Rescue, the Politics of Bondage
- 2. Manly Allegories
- 3. Typologies of Defloration
- 4. Celestial Emblems
- Epilogue: The Gender Economy
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-231-87828-1
- OCLC:
- 1100435886
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