Jane Morris the burden of history
Described by Henry James as a 'dark, silent, medieval woman', Jane Burden Morris has tended to remain a rather one-dimensional figure in subsequent accounts. This book, however, challenges the stereotype of Jane Morris as silent model, reclusive invalid, and unfaithful wife. Drawing on ext...
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh University Press
2013
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Preface.
- Introduction : life and letters ("Is it not too daring and altogether too inexplicable?" : gossip, anecdote and biography.
- Suet and strawberries : life writing and habitus).
- Scandal ("The lady I spoke about" : Jane and Gabriel.
- "In thy shut lips what secrets!" : Jane and Wilfrid).
- Silence ("What more can I say" : the reticence of Jane Morris.
- "Dear suffering Janey" : the myth of invalidism).
- Class (Social mobility and "rather sad lives".
- Politics and "socialism on the brain").
- Icon (Wonder : "she haunts me still".
- Celebrity : the style of "the famous Mrs Morris").
- Home ("So much love dearest" : Jane Morris at home.
- Si je puis : Jane Morris's creative agency).
- Conclusion