Jane Morris: The Burden of History

Described By Henry James As A 'dark, Silent, Medieval Woman' Jane Burden Morris Has Tended To Remain A Rather One-dimensional Figure In Subsequent Accounts. This Book, However, Challenges The Stereotype Of Jane Morris As Silent Model, Reclusive Invalid, And Unfaithful Wife. The Book Argues That Jane Morris Is A Figure Who Complicates Current Understandings Of Victorian Female Subjectivity Because She Does Not Fit Neatly Into Victorian Categories Of Feminine Identity. Preface. -- Introduction : Life And Letters (is It Not Too Daring And Altogether Too Inexplicable ? : Gossip, Anecdote And Biography. -- Suet And Strawberries : Life Writing And Habitus). -- Scandal (the Lady I Spoke About : Jane And Gabriel. -- In Thy Shut Lips What Secrets ! : Jane And Wilfrid). -- Silence (what More Can I Say : The Reticence Of Jane Morris. -- Dear Suffering Janey : The Myth Of Invalidism). -- Class (social Mobility And Rather Sad Lives. -- Politics And Socialism On The Brain). -- Icon (wonder : She Haunts Me Still. -- Celebrity : The Style Of The Famous Mrs Morris). -- Home (so Much Love Dearest : Jane Morris At Home. -- Si Je Puis : Jane Morris's Creative Agency). -- Conclusion. Wendy Parkins. Includes Bibliography And Index.