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In The Legend of Elizabeth Siddal, first published fifteen years ago, Jan Marsh enlarged on the life of one of the subjects of her earlier work, Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood, and delineated the true story of Elizabeth Siddal as an artist in her own right separated from the ubiquitous historical images. Examples were drawn from the Freudian revolution in the 1920s, the cinematic melodrama of the 1930s, the social awakening of the 1940s and the sexual liberation of the 1960s. Each of these eras fostered its own Elizabeth Siddal myth, and in the process the coppery-haired poet and painter changed from suicidal waif to ideal gentlewoman to feminist. Re-issued and with a new introduction, and following the success of Desperate Romantics, the BBC's series on the Pre-Raphaelites last year, Marsh brings The Legend of Elizabeth Siddal up to date.
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Since The Legend of Elizabeth Siddal's original publication, Jan Marsh has published two major biographies of Christina and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and curated a number of major exhibitions, including 'Black Victorians: Black People in British Art 1800-1900'. She is currently compiling the Late Victorian Collection at the National Portrait Gallery.
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The Legend of Elizabeth Siddal
5 Feb 2001
Format:Hardcover
Pat Marsh makes an admirable attempt at dispelling the myths about Dante Gabriel Rossetti's legendary wife. By examining different accounts of Siddal and comparing them to what we know is the truth, she attempts to create a kind of biography. That being said, I'm not convinced that there is enough material to warrant a whole book. Most of what we know about Siddal is a mystery. The book unfortunately reads like another book about the Pre-Raphaelite art movement. Nevertheless, if you're interested in the Pre-Raphaelites, this is worth reading.
More Historiography. Less Biography
10 Jan 2007
Format:Paperback
If you're a budding scholar in Pre-Raphaelitism, I would avoid this book. If you've already done some research on the life of Elizabeth Siddal, this book is an interesting read. This book doesn't follow the traditional layout of a biography, starting with birth and ending with death, but acts as a historiography: a study of what has been written about the subject. Jan Marsh looks at several biographies about Lizzie, considers the sources, the scholarly intent, and the history at the time, and considers if the biography is reliable or not. For instance, Violet Hunt's popular book on Lizzie is full of inconsistancies and has been tainted by the author's own image of who Lizzie really was.
In short, this book is worth buying, only if you have another good book on Lizzie. I recommend The Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood, also by Jan Marsh, which is a valuable reference source.
In short, this book is worth buying, only if you have another good book on Lizzie. I recommend The Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood, also by Jan Marsh, which is a valuable reference source.
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