"An Hour Before the Day": the dismembered Book of Hours in Elizabeth Siddal's "Clerk Saunders"

Nat Reeve

doi:10.1080/02666286.2021.1923316

"An Hour Before the Day": the dismembered Book of Hours in Elizabeth Siddal's "Clerk Saunders"

Nat Reeve

Department of English

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Abstract

This article, working with queer theory, examines how Elizabeth Siddal's 1857 watercolour 'Clerk Saunders' engages with, dismembers, and reinterprets the art contained in the medieval Book of Hours, focusing on Siddal’s bleakly modern reworking of motifs from the Annunciation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	73-87
Journal	Word and Image
Volume	38
Early online date	29 Jun 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/02666286.2021.1923316
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 29 Jun 2022

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