Table of Contents

List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Victorian Pygmalions; 2. Acting Galatea, 'the ideal statuesque'; 3. George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, and the sculptural aesthetic; 4. Very lovely Greek statues: the London stage in the 1880s; 5. Living statues and the literary drama; Conclusion: writing actresses; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.

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This book examines the figure of the Victorian actress in the context of the cult of Classical sculpture.

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"Valuable footnotes; essential illustrations...General readers, graduate students, researchers, and professionals will be grateful." Choice