BUT I MADE YOU LOOK: MYSTICISM, DESIRE, AND THE REFUSAL OF THE LITERAL.

The article focuses on the author's strategic engagement with Gustave Courbet's "L'Origine du monde," using mysticism and selective revelation to provoke the viewer's gaze rather than providing explicit anatomical description. Topics include the tension between mysticism and exposure, feminist appro...

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Published in:Mythlore Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 262 - 265
Main Author: ÇETINER-ÖKTEM, ZÜLEYHA
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Published: Mythopoeic Society Fall/Winter2025
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