Pygmalion and Galatea : The History of a Narrative in English Literature (Nineteenth Century Series)

Joshua, Essaka

Ashgate Pub Ltd（2002/01発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 216 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780754604471
• DDC分類 820.9351

基本説明

Presents an account of the development of the Pygmalion story from its origins in early Greek myth to the twentieth century, focusing on its use in nineteenth-century British literature.

Full Description

The story of Pygmalion and his statue is one of the most enduring tales in Ovid's "Metamorphoses". This text traces the development of the Pygmalion story in English literature from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, following it through a wide variety of versions ranging from tales of love and ideal beauty to vehicles for philosophical, religious, political and aesthetic ideas. Retold for centuries, the Pygmalion story acquires its own distinctive stylistic and thematic marks in each age. It is the aim of this study to bring together these narrations and examine the interaction between them.

Contents

Beginnings to the 19th century; "don't look at J.J. Rousseau" - Pygmalion and the Romantics; Adam's dream - post-Romantic re-narrations; the Pre-Raphaelite Pygmalion and mid-Victorian Hellenism; 19th-century Pygmalion plays - the context of Shaw's "Pygmalion"; the 20th century - towards a conclusion. Appendices: the Pygmalion story in dictionaries and handbooks of classical literature; bibliography of Pygmalion references.