Kindle Pre-Raphaelite masculinities studies

Drawing on recent theoretical developments in gender and men s studies Pre Raphaelite Masculinities shows how the ideas and models of masculinity were constructed in the work of artists and writers associated with the Pre Raphaelite movement Paying particular attention to the representation of non normative or alternative masculinities the contributors take up the multiple versions of masculinity in Dante Gabriel Rossetti s paintings and poetry masculine violence in William Morris s late romances nineteenth century masculinity and the medical narrative in Ford Madox Brown s Cromwell on His Farm accusations of perversion directed at Edward Burne Jones s work performative masculinity and William Bell Scott s frescoes the representations of masculinity in Pre Raphaelite illustration aspects of male chastity in poetry and art Tannh er as a model for Victorian manhood and masculinity and British imperialism in Holman Hunt s The Light of the World Taken together these essays demonstrate the far reaching effects of the plurality of masculinities that pervade the art and literature of the Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood Pre Raphaelite Masculinities Constructions of Masculinity in Art and Literature