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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... particular site , or " subject , " of secrecy in nineteenth- and early - twentieth - century British culture . As a genre exploring the possibility of representing forms of subjective experience , autobiography offers rich opportuni ...
... particular site , or " subject , " of secrecy in nineteenth- and early - twentieth - century British culture . As a genre exploring the possibility of representing forms of subjective experience , autobiography offers rich opportuni ...
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... particular shape and image , and endlessly reflect that image back and forth . " 25 With this textual emphasis in mind , the secretive strategies of self- representation in these Victorian narratives concern us far more than they would ...
... particular shape and image , and endlessly reflect that image back and forth . " 25 With this textual emphasis in mind , the secretive strategies of self- representation in these Victorian narratives concern us far more than they would ...
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... particular value apart from life's relations.76 Following Symonds's death in 1893 , the manuscript came into the possession of Brown , who decided against its publication throughout the period of endemic paranoia about homosexuality ...
... particular value apart from life's relations.76 Following Symonds's death in 1893 , the manuscript came into the possession of Brown , who decided against its publication throughout the period of endemic paranoia about homosexuality ...
Contents
Defacing Oscar Wilde | 107 |
Sexual Reconstruction in E M Forsters Secret Fictions | 206 |
Notes | 219 |
Copyright | |
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