Andromeda's Chains: Gender and Interpretation in Victorian Literature and Art

Author/Contributor(s):	Munich, Adrienne
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Date:	06/10/1993
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

This study explores the passion with which Victorian male writers and artists gave meaning to the myth of Perseus and Andromeda and its medieval analogue, the legend of St George and the dragon. It demonstrates how men used the myth to exert their own gender on Victorian culture.