Download or read book Ruskin's Mythic Queen written by Sharon Aronofsky Weltman and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weltman (English, Louisiana State University) demonstrates that the Victorians used mythic discourse to subvert gender dichotomy. She focuses on the work of Ruskin, maintaining that even though he is known to many as the foremost voice extolling separate spheres for men and women, his mythopoetic prose surprisingly yields tools to break down fixed categories of gender. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR