
Pygmalion and Galatea
The History of a Narrative in English Literature
Essaka Joshua(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 12. June 2019
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-1-138-72880-6 (ISBN)
Description
This title was published in 2001. Pygmalion and Galatea presents an account of the development of the Pygmalion story from its origins in early Greek myth until the twentieth century. It focuses on the use of the story in nineteenth-century British literature, exploring gender issues, the nature of artistic creativity and the morality of Greek art.
Reviews / Votes
'This book will be an indispensable resource for further work on the subject, and the chapter [...] on shaw's Pygmalion is an important addition to scholarship on the play.' Australasian Victorian Studies JournalMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
529 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-72880-6 (9781138728806)
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Person
Essaka Joshua is a Lecturer in the Department of English, School of Humanities, University of Birmingham, UK.
Content
Introduction; Beginnings to the nineteenth century; 'Don't look at J.J. Rousseau': Pygmalion and the Romantics; Adam's dream: Post-Romantic renarrations; The Pre-Raphaelite Pygmalion and mid-victorian hellenism; Nineteenth-Century Pygmalion plays: the context of Shaw's Pygmalion; The twentieth century: towards a conclusion; Appendix 1 The Pygmalion story in dictionaries and handbooks of classical literature; Appendix 2 Bibliography of Pygmalion references.