Innovationen und Reproduktionen in Kulturen und Gesellschaften (IRICS) Wien, 9. bis 11. Dezember 2005

 
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"Queen Virtue's court" - from Virgin Martyrs to Home-Front Propaganda

Adina Ciugureanu (Ovidius University Constanta)

 

ABSTRACT:

The present paper will attempt to investigate the metaphor of 'virtue', an essential traditional characteristic of a woman's portrait, by comparing early texts (Pearl, Sydney's Sonnet 9) to twentieth-century war propaganda texts, in which an ideal woman was supposed to be a preserver of "peacetime virtues," and by extending the text analysis to iconic representations of virtuous women (virgin martyrs, Queen Elizabeth, war advertisements for non-traditional jobs).


Innovations and Reproductions in Cultures and Societies
(IRICS) Vienna, 9. - 11. december 2005

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