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 63
... society favorably with the Greeks because " we contend for purity of sexual relation . " 10 The most dangerous passages of his book , however , were those in which Symonds identified himself as a kind of cultural refugee , a lost child ...
... society favorably with the Greeks because " we contend for purity of sexual relation . " 10 The most dangerous passages of his book , however , were those in which Symonds identified himself as a kind of cultural refugee , a lost child ...
Page 66
... society . " 16 These questions lead the reader toward engagement with some of the most interesting ques- tions about identity formation and literary self - representation . Yet , rather than answer them , Koestenbaum proposes to resolve ...
... society . " 16 These questions lead the reader toward engagement with some of the most interesting ques- tions about identity formation and literary self - representation . Yet , rather than answer them , Koestenbaum proposes to resolve ...
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... society , on which Carpenter's ideal of " comradeship " was partly based , recognized homosexual love as existing alongside heterosexual marriage . O'Brien , however , could conceive of the two practices only as being radically inimical ...
... society , on which Carpenter's ideal of " comradeship " was partly based , recognized homosexual love as existing alongside heterosexual marriage . O'Brien , however , could conceive of the two practices only as being radically inimical ...
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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