The gender of death : a cultural history in art and literature / Karl S. Guthke.
Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.Description: xii, 297 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:- 0521644607 (pbk.)
- 0521591953 (hb)
- 700/.4548 21
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Jessie Street National Women's Library | 700.4548 GUT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available for reference in the library and ILL | 62854 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-289) and index.
1. Imaging the Unimaginable: Death Personified: Is Death a woman? -- 2. The Middle Ages: The Unfortunate Fall: The wages of sin - Adam's sin, or Eve's? -- 3. Renaissance and Baroque: The Devil Incarnate: Death and the Maiden - and the man -- 4. The Romantic Age: "How Wonderful is Death": The youth with the downturned torch; "The last best friend"; Death in the bridal chamber -- 5. From Decadence to Postmodernity: The Stranger at the Masked Ball: Angels of death and skeletal coquettes -- Epilogue: Death immortalizing life.
1. Imaging the Unimaginable: Death Personified: Is Death a woman? -- 2. The Middle Ages: The Unfortunate Fall: The wages of sin - Adam's sin, or Eve's? -- 3. Renaissance and Baroque: The Devil Incarnate: Death and the Maiden - and the man -- 4. The Romantic Age: "How Wonderful is Death": The youth with the downturned torch; "The last best friend"; Death in the bridal chamber -- 5. From Decadence to Postmodernity: The Stranger at the Masked Ball: Angels of death and skeletal coquettes --Epilogue: Death immortalizing life.
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