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
... trials that sought to read the novel as indicative of Wilde's own sexuality , whereas Wilde's defense and Wilde himself sought to disavow such a confessional “ construction . " Bearing in mind the context of this disclaimer , to what ...
... trials that sought to read the novel as indicative of Wilde's own sexuality , whereas Wilde's defense and Wilde himself sought to disavow such a confessional “ construction . " Bearing in mind the context of this disclaimer , to what ...
Page 119
... trials , rather than being the self - evident focus of the novel . Reading Basil's speech about " sin " from Dorian Gray , Edward Carson , the defense lawyer , asked Wilde , " Does not this pas- sage suggest a charge of unnatural vice ...
... trials , rather than being the self - evident focus of the novel . Reading Basil's speech about " sin " from Dorian Gray , Edward Carson , the defense lawyer , asked Wilde , " Does not this pas- sage suggest a charge of unnatural vice ...
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... trials has often been noted , and in one sense , the cigarette case remains a prop , merely recurring in a different context . As Ellmann writes of the transition between play and trial , " Wilde set the stage for the next act , in ...
... trials has often been noted , and in one sense , the cigarette case remains a prop , merely recurring in a different context . As Ellmann writes of the transition between play and trial , " Wilde set the stage for the next act , in ...
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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