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 114
... homosexual as a " species , " a figure defined exclusively by his sexuality , which " was everywhere present in him : at the root of all his actions because it was their insidious and in- definitely active principle ; written immodestly ...
... homosexual as a " species , " a figure defined exclusively by his sexuality , which " was everywhere present in him : at the root of all his actions because it was their insidious and in- definitely active principle ; written immodestly ...
Page 115
... homosexuals and heterosexuals alike , can be overlaid with a difference of inversion , a visible stigma that differentiates the " nor- mal , " heterosexual male from the " deviant " homosexual . And yet , by installing the notion of ...
... homosexuals and heterosexuals alike , can be overlaid with a difference of inversion , a visible stigma that differentiates the " nor- mal , " heterosexual male from the " deviant " homosexual . And yet , by installing the notion of ...
Page 230
... Homosexual also contains useful constructionist accounts of homosexual identity . 29. For example , an entry in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book describes Forster's responses to reading the manuscript of the Memoirs in the London ...
... Homosexual also contains useful constructionist accounts of homosexual identity . 29. For example , an entry in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book describes Forster's responses to reading the manuscript of the Memoirs in the London ...
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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