Tell your friends about this item:
The Flesh Made Word: Female Figures and Women's Bodies Michie, Helena (Assistant Professor of English, Assistant Professor of English, Brandeis University, Massachusetts)
The Flesh Made Word: Female Figures and Women's Bodies
Michie, Helena (Assistant Professor of English, Assistant Professor of English, Brandeis University, Massachusetts)
Examining the works of such Victorian writers as the Brontes, Dickens, Eliot, and Hardy, this study discusses codes and taboos about the female body and explores how female sexuality was represented in Victorian literary and non-literary genres, such as painting, etiquette books and pornography.
188 pages, 5 halftones
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 5, 1990 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195060812 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 192 |
| Dimensions | 147 × 216 × 12 mm · 252 g |
| Language | English |