Before queer theory : Victorian aestheticism and the self / Dustin Friedman.
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- 9781421431499
- 1421431491
- English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Aestheticism (Literature)
- Literature -- Philosophy
- Self (psychology) in literature
- Homosexuality and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century
- Littérature anglaise -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique
- Esthétisme (Littérature)
- Homosexualité et littérature -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Aestheticism (Literature)
- English literature
- Homosexuality and literature
- Literature -- Philosophy
- England
- 1800-1899
- 820.9/92066409033 23
- PR468.A33 F75 2019eb
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"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
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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