Andrea Rummel, « Delusive beauty » : femmes fatales in English Romanticism
The purpose of this thesis is to follow the development of the titular motif, between roughly 1790 and 1840, emphasizing the plurality of its forms and the importance of the socio-historic context.Part I is preliminary. It deals with the revival of the traditional ballad and its development from th...
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Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens
2019
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| Zusammenfassung: | The purpose of this thesis is to follow the development of the titular motif, between roughly 1790 and 1840, emphasizing the plurality of its forms and the importance of the socio-historic context.Part I is preliminary. It deals with the revival of the traditional ballad and its development from the supernatural to the uncanny. It then follows the similar trend in Gothic fiction, with the emergence of the female demonic figure, the elusive as well as delusive « evil temptress » : at the inte... |
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