Dorota Osinska
Biographic Data
| ID | 5185652 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dorota Osinska |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dorota |
| FAMILY NAME | Osinska |
| SIGNATURE | OSINSKA D |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Frustration, Boredom, and Fantasy: Augusta Webster’s “Circe”
The present article examines how Augusta Webster’s dramatic monologue “Circe” (1870), represents the problem of women’s boredom, frustration, and fantasy through the reinterpretation of the mythological Greek enchantress Circe. The analysis offers a close reading of the text supported by philosophical, historical, and cultural notions of boredom. Webster’s poem functions as an intriguing commentary on how loneliness and hatred towards domesticity…
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Frustration, Boredom, and Fantasy: Augusta Webster’s “Circe”
The present article examines how Augusta Webster’s dramatic monologue “Circe” (1870), represents the problem of women’s boredom, frustration, and fantasy through the reinterpretation of the mythological Greek enchantress Circe. The analysis offers a close reading of the text supported by philosophical, historical, and cultural notions of boredom. Webster’s poem functions as an intriguing commentary on how loneliness and hatred towards domesticity…
Aesthetics (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Boredom (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · Fantasy (1 works) · Hatred (1 works) · Linguistics (1 works) · Literature (1 works) · Loneliness (1 works) · Mythology (1 works)