{"product_id":"sex-celibacy-and-deviance-duc-dau-9780814215036","title":"Sex, Celibacy, and Deviance: The Victorians and the Song of Songs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSex, Celibacy, and Deviance\u003c\/i\u003e is the first major study to explore the Song of Songs (or Song of Solomon) in Victorian literature and art. As the Bible's only erotic poem, the Song of Songs is \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e canonical Judeo-Christian book about love, furnishing the Victorians with an authoritative and literary language for love, marriage, sex, mourning, and religious celibacy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Duc Dau adopts a queer and feminist lens to consider how Victorians employed and interpreted the Song of Songs in their work. How did writers and artists fashion and, most importantly, challenge the norms of gender, romantic love, and marriage? Spanning the early Victorian era through the first two decades of the twentieth century, \u003ci\u003eSex, Celibacy, and Deviance\u003c\/i\u003e considers the works of Charlotte Brontë, Thomas Hardy, Christina Rossetti, John Gray, Michael Field, Edward Burne-Jones, and Simeon Solomon alongside two lesser-known figures: Irish-born Scottish artist Phoebe Anna Traquair and the Catholic religious leader Augusta Theodosia Drane. By addressing the relevance of the Song of Songs in light of shifting and conflicting religious and social contexts, Dau provides a fresh perspective on Victorian literature, religion, and culture. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Duc Dau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814215033\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814215036\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Duc Dau","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45934263501055,"sku":"9780814215036","price":69.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3cd4f6b1-db79-454f-a371-026a4f2aa956.jpg?v=1721790745","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sex-celibacy-and-deviance-duc-dau-9780814215036","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}