Bluebeard's Legacy: Sexuality, Curiosity and Violence (New Encounters: Arts, Cultures, Concepts)
By (author): "Mieke Bal, Victoria Anderson, Griselda Pollock"
Publish Date:
January 20th 2008
ISBN1845116321
ISBN139781845116323
AsinBluebeard's Legacy: Sexuality, Curiosity and Violence (New Encounters: Arts, Cultures, Concepts)
Original titleBluebeard's Legacy: Sexuality, Curiosity and Violence (New Encounters: Arts, Cultures, Concepts)
The tale of the serial wife-murderer Bluebeard, his defiant, and surviving, final wife, a bloodied key and a secret chamber of horrors, has fascinated writers, composers, artists and film-makers throughout modern times. It is a unique story that dares to disclose and explore masculine violence: the homme fatal.