Aestheticism and sexual parody, 1840-1940 / Dennis Denisoff.
Aestheticism and sexual parody, 1840-1940 / Dennis Denisoff.
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Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Date
2001.
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N820.911/3
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English
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xii, 191 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Alfred Tennyson and the critical sexualization of aestheticism -- 2. The leering creatures of W. H. Mallock and Vernon Lee -- 3. Gigolo economics: W. S. Gilbert and the market value of parodic promiscuity -- 4. "Men of my own sex": genius, sexuality, and George Du Maurier's artists -- 5. Epistemo...
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Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2001.
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Summary
"This study discusses the work of authors in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and argues that members of mainstream society grew to accept and even enjoy the non-normative sexuality of the Aesthetic Movement chiefly through works of parody and self-parody. Highlighting Victorian popular culture, Aestheticism and Sexual Parody adds a new and...
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Aestheticism and sexual parody, 1840-1940 / Dennis Denisoff.
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Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 31.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-187) and index.
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N820.911/3
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74VvbWgXNWlg
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0521800390
9780521800396
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820.911
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991014880419702626
