A Pre-Raphaelite Bromance: The Influence of Dante Gabriel Rossetti on the Queer Works of Edward Burne-Jones.
In this paper I explore the artistic and personal association between eminent Pre-Raphaelite artists Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones, through the lens of queer theory. I put forward the idea that Burne-Jones was battling with queer desire for his idol and tutor, drawing upon the length...
| Publicado en: | Victoriographies Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 41 - 67 |
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Edinburgh University Press
Mar2025
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