Sissi's World
Subtitle: The Empress Elisabeth in Memory and Myth
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: Jul 12, 2018
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9781501313448
Description: "Sissi's World offers a transdisciplinary approach to the study of the Habsburg Empress Elisabeth of Austria. It investigates the myths, legends, and representations across literature, art, film, and other media of one of the most popular, revered, and misunderstood female figures in European cultural history. Sissi's World explores the cultural foundations for the endurance of the Sissi legends and the continuing fascination with the beautiful empress: a Bavarian duchess born in 1837, the longest-serving Austrian empress, and the queen of Hungary who died in 1898 at the hands of a crazed anarchist. Despite the continuing fascination with "the beloved Sissi," the Habsburg empress, her impact, and legacy have received scant attention from scholars. This collection will go beyond the popular biographical accounts, recountings of her mythic beauty, and scattered studies of her well-known eccentricities to offer transdisciplinary cultural perspectives across art, film, fashion, history, literature, and media."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Source title: Sissi's World: The Empress Elisabeth in Memory and Myth (New Directions in German Studies)