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The Reading Figure in Irish Art in the Long Nineteenth Century

The Reading Figure in Irish Art in the Long Nineteenth Century

Hardcover

Series: Anthem Nineteenth-Century

Art HistoryGeneral Art

ISBN10: 1785276441
ISBN13: 9781785276446
Publisher: Anthem Press
Published: Feb 1 2022
Pages: 188
Weight: 0.93
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This book examines Irish portraits during the long nineteenth century in which figures read or hold a book. Reading fiction was cast as unmanly, while 'silent reading' allowed women of means to read widely and privately. Portraits of such women helped construct the idea of the 'New Woman' in Ireland.

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