Thesiss

This thesis offers a theoretical investigation into concepts of beauty, the sculptured body and myths of Venus and Medusa, primarily through the works of Igor Mitoraj and Marc Quinn. These themes are transformed and inverted in the Looking-glass towards the trans-body, which is …

This essay considers the use in contemporary poetry of the mythological figure of Medusa and the mythological practice of sacrifice. In Part One, “Medusa Figures in the Poetry of Louise Bogan and Sylvia Plath,” I provide a broad introduction to the Medusa mythology and its criti…