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Effeminate England : homoerotic writing after 1885

Title
Effeminate England : homoerotic writing after 1885 / Joseph Bristow.
Author
Bristow, Joseph.
Publication
New York : Columbia University Press, [1995], ©1995.

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x, 193 pages; 24 cm.
Summary
  • In Effeminate England, Joseph Bristow explores the legacy of effeminacy in homoerotic literature that began more than a century ago with the 1885 Labouchere Amendment criminalizing male homosexual contact and Oscar Wilde's subsequent incarceration.
  • This broad overview looks into the century that followed these defining moments in the history of gay literature, demonstrating how the effeminate behavior that came to be connected so solidly with male homosexual identity has manifested itself in the literature of gay male writers in England.
  • Effeminate England focuses closely on the works and lives of several prominent British literary figures of the past century, including E. M. Forster, John Addington Symonds, and Quentin Crisp. In a concluding section, Bristow evaluates the impact of the AIDS epidemic on gay men's writing and offers a thoughtful, original reading of Alan Hollinghurst's highly regarded recent novel, The Swimming Pool Library.
Series Statement
Between men--between women
Uniform Title
Between men--between women.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Wilde's fatal effeminacy -- 2. Against 'effeminancy': The sexual predicament of E.M. Forster's fiction -- 3. Firbank's exotic effeminacy -- 4. 'No sign of effeminatio'? Towards the military orchid -- Coda: Effeminate endings.
ISBN
  • 0231103484
  • 0231103492 (pbk.)
LCCN
95010836
OCLC
  • 32429430
  • ocm32429430
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries