| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
"This book of literary criticism, about the historical relationship of art, sexuality, and the self, demonstrates that Victorian aestheticism was a key forerunner to modern queer theory. By theorizing aestheticism through Hegel's philosophy, the author argues that Victorian aesthetes imagined that encountering art and literature could help to shape a person's queer sense of self"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Homoerotic subjectivity in Walter Pater's early essays -- Styles of survival in Pater's later writings -- Oscar Wilde's lyric performativity -- Vernon Lee and the specter of lesbian history -- Queering the object: aesthetic indifference in Michael Field's poetry. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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English literature. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Aestheticism (Literature)
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Aestheticism (Literature) |
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Literature -- Philosophy.
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Literature -- Philosophy. |
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Self (psychology) in literature.
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Homosexuality and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Homosexuality and literature. |
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England. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| ISBN |
9781421431499 (electronic book) |
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1421431491 (electronic book) |
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9781421431475 |
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1421431475 |
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9781421431482 |
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1421431483 |
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