Dolls and puppets that fictional characters create in their own images appeal both to the reader's fascination with and fear of images made in human likeness. These psychological implications are traced through primarily British literature from the latter half of the 18th century to the present.
Language
English
Pages
198
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Lehigh University Press
Release
February 28, 1999
ISBN
0934223548
ISBN 13
9780934223546
Created in Our Image: The Miniature Body of the Doll as Subject and Object
Dolls and puppets that fictional characters create in their own images appeal both to the reader's fascination with and fear of images made in human likeness. These psychological implications are traced through primarily British literature from the latter half of the 18th century to the present.