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Author: Kimberly Rhodes
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Edition: New edition
Weight: 0.453kg
ISBN: 9780754658764
ISBN 10: 0754658767
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 21 May 2008
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'Kimberly Rhodes has uncovered a veritable explosion in visual representations of Ophelia in the Victorian period, bringing to bear her considerable talents as a close reader to demonstrate how this tragic heroine embodied Victorian anxieties about gender, sexuality, and normalcy. In a perceptive twist, Rhodes shows how women artists and actresses reinvented the pathetic figure of Ophelia as the agent of their professional success. A model study for anyone interested in visual culture.' Anne Helmreich, Case Western Reserve University, USA. 'Well documented with period criticism and artists' writings...this thoroughly interdisciplinary study merges literature, art, and theater. It also will interest scholars in gender studies and visual culture...Recommended.' Choice
'Kimberly Rhodes has uncovered a veritable explosion in visual representations of Ophelia in the Victorian period, bringing to bear her considerable talents as a close reader to demonstrate how this tragic heroine embodied Victorian anxieties about gender, sexuality, and normalcy. In a perceptive twist, Rhodes shows how women artists and actresses reinvented the pathetic figure of Ophelia as the agent of their professional success. A model study for anyone interested in visual culture.' Anne Helmreich, Case Western Reserve University, USA. 'Well documented with period criticism and artists' writings...this thoroughly interdisciplinary study merges literature, art, and theater. It also will interest scholars in gender studies and visual culture...Recommended.’ Choice
'Kimberly Rhodes has uncovered a veritable explosion in visual representations of Ophelia in the Victorian period, bringing to bear her considerable talents as a close reader to demonstrate how this tragic heroine embodied Victorian anxieties about gender, sexuality, and normalcy. In a perceptive twist, Rhodes shows how women artists and actresses reinvented the pathetic figure of Ophelia as the agent of their professional success. A model study for anyone interested in visual culture.' Anne Helmreich, Case Western Reserve University, USA. 'Well documented with period criticism and artists' writings...this thoroughly interdisciplinary study merges literature, art, and theater. It also will interest scholars in gender studies and visual culture...Recommended.' Choice
Author Information
Kimberly Rhodes is Associate Professor of Art History at Drew University, USA
