Re: "Ophelia" and "The Ninth Wave"

[Daniel Kian Mc Kiernan <dmckiern@weber.ucsd.edu>]

On Wed, 17 May 1995 IEDSRI@aol.com wrote:

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> There are several other veiled references to 
> Pre-Raphaelite sources in Kate's work, including 
> two likely allusions to J. W. Waterhouse's 1888 
> version of "The Lady of Shalott" (or possibly

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Are you sure that you want to count Waterhouse amongst the
Pre-Raphaelites?  I know that many do, but on the other hand the
Pre-Raphaelites were big on bashing Greco-Roman stuff, while
Waterhouse included such representations, and for that matter was
somewhat influenced by Alma-Tadeum. (I've got Pre-Raphaelite stuff
hanging up next to Aesthetic movement stuff, so it's a good thing
that Ruskin never stops by.)

BTW, I've seen other Pre-Raphaelite and Aesthetic stuff treating of
Ophelia's drowned body floating downstream.

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