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Ophelia and Victorian visual culture : representing body politics in the nineteenth century / Kimberly Rhodes.
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Author
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Date published
2008
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Publisher
Aldershot : Ashgate, 2008.
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Subject
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Characters Ophelia.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Stage history 19th century.
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Accession number
83431268
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Class
Reading Room - 48.1/RHO
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ISBN
9780754658764 (hbk.), 0754658767 (hbk.)
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Language
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Physical description
212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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General note: Appendix: Paintings of Ophelia in the exhibitions of the Royal Academy, London, 1791-1901. Bibliography, etc. note: Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary, etc: Kimberly Rhode's interdisciplinary book explores the complicated representational history of Shakespeare's Ophelia during the Victorian period. She examines the widely disseminated representations of Ophelia, from works by visual artists and writers to interpretations of her character in contemporary productions of Hamlet.