Wordsworth's prelude, Tracey Emin, and romantic autobiography.(Critical Essay) : An article from: Wordsworth Circle [HTML]

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Title: Wordsworth's prelude, Tracey Emin, and romantic autobiography.(Critical Essay)
Author: Anthony John Harding
Publication: Wordsworth Circle (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 2003
Publisher: Wordsworth Circle
Volume: 34 Issue: 2 Page: 59(7)Article Type: Critical EssayDistributed by Thompson Gale

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Controversy over a contemporary art object rarely leads to re-evaluating a nineteenth-century literary tradition, but that is what happened after the critical debate about Tracey Emin's "My Bed," an installation created in 1998. Emin's entry for the 1999 Turner Prize, "My Bed" is an unmade bed with stained, rumpled sheets, surrounded by dirty ashtrays, vodka bottles, underwear, nylon stockings, a candle, condoms and other paraphernalia. In the summer of 2000, this piece was purchased by Charles Saatchi, who reportedly paid 150,000 [pounds sterling] for it (Brooks 7, Goode 4). For those who take an interest in contemporary British art, "My Bed" is a well-worn topos, and in some quarters it is now considered vulgar even to mention...


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