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Art and Forbidden Fruit
John Le Bourgeois
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Description for Art and Forbidden Fruit
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William Morris is one of the most admired figures of the Victorian era. Studies of his Art and his life fill the shelves of libraries. Yet for all this accessibility, an air of uncertainty has always clouded his image. Since Morris's death, biographers and scholars have portrayed the artist as a victim, bound to an adulterous wife. In Art and Forbidden Fruit, John Le Bourgeois lifts this veil of appearances, and shows the truth about Morris's life. In a close analysis of Morrisís poetry and biography, the author asserts the early existence of an emotional attachment between William Morris and ... Read more
William Morris is one of the most admired figures of the Victorian era. Studies of his Art and his life fill the shelves of libraries. Yet for all this accessibility, an air of uncertainty has always clouded his image. Since Morris's death, biographers and scholars have portrayed the artist as a victim, bound to an adulterous wife. In Art and Forbidden Fruit, John Le Bourgeois lifts this veil of appearances, and shows the truth about Morris's life. In a close analysis of Morrisís poetry and biography, the author asserts the early existence of an emotional attachment between William Morris and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780718830595
SKU
V9780718830595
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About John Le Bourgeois
Dr John Le Bourgeois taught English and European History at the Clemson University and later worked in the banking sector. From 1988 to 2005, John Le Bourgeois was the Associate Dean of the Fox School of Business and Management at Temple University. He has written many articles on William Morris and other major figures of the Victorian era. He is ... Read more
Reviews for Art and Forbidden Fruit
"John Le Bourgeois ventures a radical reinterpretation of the marriage between William Morris and Jane Burden, whose adulterous relationship to Dante Gabriel Rossetti always has been mediated for us by his poems and paintings devoted to her. Le Bourgeois convincingly suggests that Morris himself was culpable, because of his repressed passion for his sister Emma. ... Le Bourgeois' book is ... Read more