Modernist Madonna: Semiotics of the Material Metaphor

By Jane Silverman Van Buren

"A well-organized, profound case for the reinterpretation of the creative woman in the nineteenth century." --Carol Ravenal Focusing on Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, Mary Cassatt, Tillie Olsen, and Alice Walker, Van Buren uses present-day critical and theoretical concepts to explore the relations among artists' lives, works, and cultures.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253362032
• ISBN13: 9780253362032
• Release Date: December 1989
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 240 Pages