IDOLS OF PERVERSITY: Fantasies of Feminine Evil in Fin-de-Siècle Culture (Oxford Paperbacks)
An analysis of fin-de-siècle art and literature that shows how women were cast as emblems of moral and sexual peril in late nineteenth-century culture.
About This Book
This book examines cultural attitudes toward women during the fin-de-siècle period.
It explores recurring artistic and literary images that depicted femininity as threatening or corrupt.
The study draws on a wide range of visual art, literature, and popular media from the era.
Readers gain insight into how these portrayals reflected broader social anxieties of the time.
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