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Hellenism and Homosexuality in Victorian Oxford
Linda C. Dowling
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Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 312. 192 pages, 8 b&w illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSK. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight: 324.
In April 1895, Oscar Wilde stood in the prisoner's dock of the Old Bailey, charged with "acts of gross indecency with another male person. These filthy practices, the prosecutor declared, posed a deadly threat to English society, "a sore which cannot fail in time to corrupt and taint it all." Wilde responded with a speech of legendary eloquence, defending love between men as a love "such as Plato made the very basis of his philosophy, and such as you find in the sonnets of Michelangelo and Shakespeare." Electrified, the spectators in the courtroom burst into applause.Although Wilde was ultimately imprisoned, ... Read more
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Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801481703
SKU
V9780801481703
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Reviews for Hellenism and Homosexuality in Victorian Oxford
An exceptionally clear-headed and far-reaching analysis.... Beautifully written and argued with subtlety, the book is indispensable for students of Victorian literature, culture, gender studies, and the nature of social change.
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Dowling's compact and intelligently argued study is concerned with the late-Victorian emergence of homosexuality as an identity rather than as an activity.... This identity was formed out ... Read more
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Dowling's compact and intelligently argued study is concerned with the late-Victorian emergence of homosexuality as an identity rather than as an activity.... This identity was formed out ... Read more