Monuments and Maidens The Allegory of the Female Form Marina Warner explores the tradition of personifying liberty justice wisdom charity and other ideals and desiderata in the female form and examines the tension between women s historic and symbol
Marina Warner explores the tradition of personifying liberty, justice, wisdom, charity, and other ideals and desiderata in the female form, and examines the tension between women s historic and symbolic roles Drawing on the evidence of public art, especially sculpture, and painting, poetry, and classical mythology, she ranges over the allegorical presence of the woman inMarina Warner explores the tradition of personifying liberty, justice, wisdom, charity, and other ideals and desiderata in the female form, and examines the tension between women s historic and symbolic roles Drawing on the evidence of public art, especially sculpture, and painting, poetry, and classical mythology, she ranges over the allegorical presence of the woman in the Western tradition with a sharply observant eye and a piquant and engaging style.
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Marina Sarah Warner is a British novelist, short story writer, historian and mythographer She is known for her many non fiction books relating to feminism and myth.She is a professor in the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre at the University of Essex, and gave the Reith Lectures on the BBC in 1994 on the theme of Managing Monsters Six Myths of Our Time.