Sheer Presence: The Veil in Manet's Paris |
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Contents
PATHOLOGIZING THE SECOND EMPIRE CITY | 1 |
MAKING Up The Surface | 34 |
UNMASKING MANETS MORISOT OR VEILING SUBJECTIVITY | 62 |
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VEIL | 94 |
EPILOGUE | 142 |
NOTES | 147 |
| 173 | |
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Page vii - A charm invests a face Imperfectly beheld, The lady dare not lift her veil For fear it be dispelled. But peers beyond her mesh, And wishes, and denies, Lest interview annul a want That image satisfies.
Page vii - No more? A monster then, a dream, A discord. Dragons of the prime, That tare each other in their slime. Were mellow music match'd with him. O life as futile, then, as frail! O for thy voice to soothe and bless ! What hope of answer, or redress ? Behind the veil, behind the veil.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Sheer Presence: The Veil in Manet's Paris |
| Author | Marni Reva Kessler |
| Publisher | U of Minnesota Press |
| ISBN | 1452909016, 9781452909011 |
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