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Nineteenth-century Writings on Homosexuality: A Sourcebook

Paperback

Main Details

Title Nineteenth-century Writings on Homosexuality: A Sourcebook
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Chris White
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:302
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenreLiterary essays
Anthologies
ISBN/Barcode 9780415153065
ClassificationsDewey:808.80353
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Publishing Details

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint Routledge
Publication Date 4 March 1999
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A collection of texts concerned with same-sex desire in the 19th and early-20th century. This comprehensive collection ranges widely both generically and chronologically, including prose, poetry, fiction, history and polemic from 1810 to 1914. Containing a general introduction, section headnotes, a bibliography of primary and secondary source material, and sections on "The Law", "Science", "Love", and "Sex". It includes writing on: trials and scandals; censorship and homophobia; cultural and personal history; love and friendship; lesbianism; aestheticism and decadence; sexual tourism and colonialism; cross-class desire; and sodomy and sadomasochism.

Reviews

..."inspired...."
-The Gay and Lesbian Review