Becoming – The Photographs of Clementina, Viscountess Hawarden

"To those accustomed to the detached tone of the academic monograph, Carol Mavor's stance in Becoming will seem daring. From the effusive acknowledgements onwards, the author thrusts herself to the front, so that her particular appreciation of what she studies becomes both subject and critical method."--Lindsay Duguid, TLS, October 15, 1999 "The author's perspectives on Victorian and contemporary issues of intimacy, up new perspectives for the reader, who thus feels inspired to stop and dream for a while, hoping to do so as acutely and as inventively as Mavor does." -Joseph Litvak, author of Strange Gourmets: Theory, Sophistication, and the Novel

"The author's perspectives on Victorian and contemporary issues of intimacy, exhibition, maternity, sexuality, just to name a few of the themes in play here, open up new perspectives for the reader, who thus feels inspired to stop and dream for a while, hoping to do so as acutely and as inventively as Mavor does."--Joseph Litvak, author of "Strange Gourmets: Theory, Sophistication, and the Novel"