Secret Selves: Confession and Same-sex Desire in Victorian AutobiographyFocusing on the representation of same-sex desire in Victorian autobiographical writing, Oliver Buckton offers readings of works by influential figures in late-19th-century literature and culture. Combining research, historical analysis, and contemporary theories of autobiography, gender and sexual identity, he provides studies of confessional narratives by Edward Carpenter, John Henry Newman, John Addington Symonds, Oscar Wilde, and, in an epilogue, E.M. Forster. |
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... Hence , confession plays a unique role in the representation of new , transgressive forms of sexuality and subjec- tivity . As Jeremy Tambling writes , " The subject is fully constituted when aspects of behaviour ( subjective , free ) ...
... Hence , confession plays a unique role in the representation of new , transgressive forms of sexuality and subjec- tivity . As Jeremy Tambling writes , " The subject is fully constituted when aspects of behaviour ( subjective , free ) ...
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... Hence , de Man asks the disturbing question , " Is the illusion of reference not a correlation of the structure of the figure , that is to say no longer clearly and simply a referent at all but some- thing more akin to a fiction ? ” 13 ...
... Hence , de Man asks the disturbing question , " Is the illusion of reference not a correlation of the structure of the figure , that is to say no longer clearly and simply a referent at all but some- thing more akin to a fiction ? ” 13 ...
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... Hence Douglas , who is invoked pre- cisely to transport Wilde beyond prison , " becomes the imprisoned one , and Wilde , the one omniscient . " » 93 Wilde seeks to blame his en- tire catastrophe on Douglas , and his attack on " Bosie ...
... Hence Douglas , who is invoked pre- cisely to transport Wilde beyond prison , " becomes the imprisoned one , and Wilde , the one omniscient . " » 93 Wilde seeks to blame his en- tire catastrophe on Douglas , and his attack on " Bosie ...
Contents
Defacing Oscar Wilde | 107 |
Sexual Reconstruction in E M Forsters Secret Fictions | 206 |
Notes | 219 |
Copyright | |
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