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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Page 113
... Wilde himself responded with an opposite , and arguably more effective , strategy : to be so visible , outspoken , and self - contradictory , in both his literary utterances and his social ... Wilde's own alleged { Defacing Oscar Wilde } 113.
... Wilde himself responded with an opposite , and arguably more effective , strategy : to be so visible , outspoken , and self - contradictory , in both his literary utterances and his social ... Wilde's own alleged { Defacing Oscar Wilde } 113.
Page 122
... Wilde's " desire " : except that the author has become historically merged with his fate to the point where , as Craft points out , “ the sig- nifier Wilde encodes not homosexual desire per se but rather a whole history of tendentious ...
... Wilde's " desire " : except that the author has become historically merged with his fate to the point where , as Craft points out , “ the sig- nifier Wilde encodes not homosexual desire per se but rather a whole history of tendentious ...
Page 136
... Wilde's tragedy and hence deserving of blame for its appalling outcome and aesthetic defects . Though Bosie's explicit " crimes " are his failure to communi- cate with Wilde while Wilde was in prison and his incompetence as a reader ...
... Wilde's tragedy and hence deserving of blame for its appalling outcome and aesthetic defects . Though Bosie's explicit " crimes " are his failure to communi- cate with Wilde while Wilde was in prison and his incompetence as a reader ...
Contents
Defacing Oscar Wilde | 107 |
Sexual Reconstruction in E M Forsters Secret Fictions | 206 |
Notes | 219 |
Copyright | |
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