Laurus Nobilis
West Margin Press (Verlag)
978-1-5131-3557-1 (ISBN)
Vernon Lee (1856-1935) was the pen name of Violet Paget, a British author of supernatural fiction. Born in France to British expatriate parents, Paget spent most of her life in continental Europe. A committed feminist and pacifist, she joined the Union of Democratic Control during the First World War to express her opposition to British militarism. A lesbian, Paget had relationships with Mary Robinson, Amy Levy, and Clementina Anstruther-Thomson throughout her life. Paget, a dedicated follower of Walter Pater’s Aesthetic movement, lived for many years in Florence, where she gained a reputation as a leading scholar of the Italian Renaissance. In addition to her work in art history, Paget was a leading writer of short fiction featuring supernatural figures and themes. Among her best known works are Hauntings (1890), a collection of four chilling tales, and “Prince Alberic and the Snake Lady,” a story which appeared in an 1895 issue of The Yellow Book, a controversial periodical that featured the works of Aubrey Beardsley, George Gissing, Henry James, and William Butler Yeats. Although Paget was largely forgotten by the mid-twentieth century, feminist scholars have rekindled attention in her pioneering work as a leading proponent of Aestheticism.
Erscheinungsdatum | 06.02.2022 |
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Reihe/Serie | Mint Editions |
Co-Autor | Mint Editions |
Zusatzinfo | Illustrations, unspecified |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 127 x 203 mm |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
ISBN-10 | 1-5131-3557-0 / 1513135570 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-5131-3557-1 / 9781513135571 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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