'More deathlike': The Aesthetics of Liminality in Pre-Raphaelite Art and Literature

在我的博士论文中，我打算论证拉斐尔之前的艺术和文学创造了一种复杂而独特的审美，通过这种审美来探索生与死之间的界限状态；此外，我还将调查这种审美是如何受到摄影的影响和影响的，以及它在捕捉死者方面的作用。因此，我的博士论文将首次全面阐述前拉斐尔主义和摄影在维多利亚时代死亡崇拜中的作用和关系；并将首次深入调查极限的理论概念，以及这些概念如何为维多利亚时代对死亡的描述提供表述和解读的依据。

In my PhD thesis, I intend to argue that Pre-Raphaelite art and literature created a complex and distinct aesthetic through which to explore the liminal states between life anddeath; moreover, I will investigate how this aesthetic was influenced by, and influenced, photography and its role in capturing the dead. My PhD thesis will thus provide the first full account of the role of, and relationship between, Pre-Raphaelitism and photography within the Victorian cult of death; and will present the first in-depth investigation into theoretical conceptions of liminality and how these inform representations and readings of Victorian depictions of mortality.