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 19
... involved in writing this volume - that the decision to delay or abandon the publication of an autobiographical work ... involvement of other individuals in capacities such as editor , biographer , or literary executor . Hence , whether ...
... involved in writing this volume - that the decision to delay or abandon the publication of an autobiographical work ... involvement of other individuals in capacities such as editor , biographer , or literary executor . Hence , whether ...
Page 104
... involved in its publication , urging him to pro- ceed with care , in a directive that encapsulates the divided impulses of Symonds's entire career : I want to save it from destruction after my death 104 { The Secret Which I Carried }
... involved in its publication , urging him to pro- ceed with care , in a directive that encapsulates the divided impulses of Symonds's entire career : I want to save it from destruction after my death 104 { The Secret Which I Carried }
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... involved his sexuality as well as his writing . Of course , the " backwater " refers both to the respectable middle - class existence and sexual conformity that Cambridge repre- sented and to the canonical tradition of English poetry ...
... involved his sexuality as well as his writing . Of course , the " backwater " refers both to the respectable middle - class existence and sexual conformity that Cambridge repre- sented and to the canonical tradition of English poetry ...
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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