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 142
... ideal to be associated with Wilde himself ; instead of hypocriti- cally claiming this as his “ ideal , " Wilde is satirically sabotaging the ideal itself by invoking the comedic context of the suppressed scene from his play . Wilde's ...
... ideal to be associated with Wilde himself ; instead of hypocriti- cally claiming this as his “ ideal , " Wilde is satirically sabotaging the ideal itself by invoking the comedic context of the suppressed scene from his play . Wilde's ...
Page 192
... ideal of comradeship that defined both Carpen- ter's literary career and his sexual development . Whitman's role in My Days and Dreams is that of Carpenter's ideal alter ego , whereas O'Brien comes to embody a disavowed " double " of ...
... ideal of comradeship that defined both Carpen- ter's literary career and his sexual development . Whitman's role in My Days and Dreams is that of Carpenter's ideal alter ego , whereas O'Brien comes to embody a disavowed " double " of ...
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... Ideal Hus- band , 137 Blackwood's Magazine , 54 Blatchford , Robert , 190 " Bosie . " See Douglas , Alfred , Lord Brendon , Piers , 36 British empire : and same - sex desire , 102 British Quarterly , 39 Brockway , Fenner , 189 Brontë ...
... Ideal Hus- band , 137 Blackwood's Magazine , 54 Blatchford , Robert , 190 " Bosie . " See Douglas , Alfred , Lord Brendon , Piers , 36 British empire : and same - sex desire , 102 British Quarterly , 39 Brockway , Fenner , 189 Brontë ...
Contents
Defacing Oscar Wilde | 107 |
Sexual Reconstruction in E M Forsters Secret Fictions | 206 |
Notes | 219 |
Copyright | |
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