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 200
... friends to accepting Merrill , describing their adverse reaction to the cohabitation : If the Fates pointed favorably I need hardly say that my friends ( with a few exceptions ) pointed the other way ! I knew of course that George had ...
... friends to accepting Merrill , describing their adverse reaction to the cohabitation : If the Fates pointed favorably I need hardly say that my friends ( with a few exceptions ) pointed the other way ! I knew of course that George had ...
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... friends to treat Merrill as less than an equal . Explaining that each of his life changes " met with almost vio- lent opposition from my friends and acquaintances , " Carpenter adds that " the domestic change , though in many ways the ...
... friends to treat Merrill as less than an equal . Explaining that each of his life changes " met with almost vio- lent opposition from my friends and acquaintances , " Carpenter adds that " the domestic change , though in many ways the ...
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... friends were allowed access to the manuscript of the memoirs during Symonds's lifetime . He refers , in various letters to his close friends , to the fact that he was writing an auto- biography , hinting darkly at the reasons why it ...
... friends were allowed access to the manuscript of the memoirs during Symonds's lifetime . He refers , in various letters to his close friends , to the fact that he was writing an auto- biography , hinting darkly at the reasons why it ...
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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