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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... argue that the confessional secrecy of these narratives is produced in part by an unwillingness to jeopardize the cultural privilege and tex- tual authority of the Victorian male author . If , as Smith argues , " theories of sexual and ...
... argue that the confessional secrecy of these narratives is produced in part by an unwillingness to jeopardize the cultural privilege and tex- tual authority of the Victorian male author . If , as Smith argues , " theories of sexual and ...
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... argues , “ The autobiographical form is un- doubtedly not the instrument of expression of a subject that preexists it , nor even a ' role , ' but rather that which determines the very exis- tence of ' subjects . ' > > 46 This radical ...
... argues , “ The autobiographical form is un- doubtedly not the instrument of expression of a subject that preexists it , nor even a ' role , ' but rather that which determines the very exis- tence of ' subjects . ' > > 46 This radical ...
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... argues that , in fact , " Forster had not two careers but one marked by con- tinual compromise and resistance , " it ... argue that Forster's second career originated with his visit to Carpenter at Millthorpe . Though he disavows any ...
... argues that , in fact , " Forster had not two careers but one marked by con- tinual compromise and resistance , " it ... argue that Forster's second career originated with his visit to Carpenter at Millthorpe . Though he disavows any ...
Contents
Defacing Oscar Wilde | 107 |
The Hidden Agenda of Edward Carpenters | 161 |
Sexual Reconstruction in E M Forsters Secret Fictions | 206 |
Copyright | |
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