Venus as Muse

From Lucretius to Michel Serres

AvHanjo Berressem

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

Del 182 i serien Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft

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Beskrivning

This volume deals with the enduring presence of one of Western culture's most fascinating and influential figures in ancient, modern, and postmodern art and literature: Venus/Aphrodite, the goddess of love, beauty, and sexuality. The collection, which is the first of its kind, seeks to explore Venus's significance as a figure of beauty and creativity across cultures and disciplines, engaging a range of media, theoretical approaches, and cultural perspectives. Thirteen international scholars—including Elisabeth Bronfen, Tom Conley, Laurence Rickels, and Barbara Vinken—illuminate Venus's lasting value as a multifaceted figure of the creative in Western culture, from Lucretius to Michel Serres.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-02-19
Mått:155 x 235 x 15 mm
Vikt:433 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft
Antal sidor:283
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004292475

Utforska kategorier

Konsthistoria inom Kultur
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Recensioner i media

“The strength of the collection is its emphasis on historical continuity: Western culture, it seems, frequently drawing on Oriental models, has always had need of a love goddess. She has just taken different forms as social contexts have evolved down the last two millennia.” - Julian Preece, Swansea University, in: Modern Language Review 111.2 (2016), pp. 534-535

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsIntroductionGÜNTER BLAMBERGERVenus as Muse. A Contradictory Thought-Image? 9SEBASTIAN GOTHVenus Anadyomene. The Birth of Art 15ELIZABETH ASMISVenus and the Passion for Renewal in Lucretius’s On the Natureof Things 41Visual & Performing ArtsJENNIFER SHAWThe Figure of Venus. Rhetoric of the Ideal from Cabanel toClaude Cahun 57JEANETTE KOHLIntra-Venus 73LiteratureSEBASTIAN GOTHVenus as Muse. Toward a Poetics of Lust 121RUDOLF DRUX“The Most Blessed Goddess” Venus as the ‘Ally’ of the Poet (in)Heinrich Heine 149TOM CONLEYVenus Backwards. From Rimbaud to Ronsard 163BARBARA VINKENNana: Venus a rebours. Paris of the Second Empire as the Returnof Rome and Babylon 173HANJO BERRESSEMThe Transit of Venus 199Film, Media, TheoryLAURENCE RICKELSVenus Barbata 221ELISABETH BRONFENCleopatra’s Venus 235COLIN GARDNERSamuel Beckett’s ‘Peephole’ Venus. Re-Sexualization,The Oral Mother, and the Masochist Contract in Eh Joe,Ghost Trio, and …but the clouds… 251PATRICIA MACCORMACKVenusian Ecosophy 265Contributors 281