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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... fact developed one particular sexuality that was distinctively constituted as secrecy . " 16 In other words , Newman's narrative of self- revelation , even as it attempts to refute the eroticized perception of his Catholic identity ...
... fact developed one particular sexuality that was distinctively constituted as secrecy . " 16 In other words , Newman's narrative of self- revelation , even as it attempts to refute the eroticized perception of his Catholic identity ...
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... facts .... I convinced Conington that I had spoken the truth . He recommended me to go at once with Pretor's letter and my Harrow diaries to Clifton . My father ought to know the fact , whatever happened . [ 110-11 ] The intimate ...
... facts .... I convinced Conington that I had spoken the truth . He recommended me to go at once with Pretor's letter and my Harrow diaries to Clifton . My father ought to know the fact , whatever happened . [ 110-11 ] The intimate ...
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... fact that , in the eyes of the public and the law , the " depraved debauchee who abuses boys receives the same treatment as the young man who loves a comrade ” ( Symonds , A Prob- lem in Modern Ethics , 15 ) . 36. It is interesting to ...
... fact that , in the eyes of the public and the law , the " depraved debauchee who abuses boys receives the same treatment as the young man who loves a comrade ” ( Symonds , A Prob- lem in Modern Ethics , 15 ) . 36. It is interesting to ...
Contents
Defacing Oscar Wilde | 107 |
Sexual Reconstruction in E M Forsters Secret Fictions | 206 |
Notes | 219 |
Copyright | |
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