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Nineteenth-century Writings on Homosexuality: A Sourcebook
Paperback
Main Details
| Title |
Nineteenth-century Writings on Homosexuality: A Sourcebook
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Chris White
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback | | Pages:302 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138 |
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| Category/Genre | Literary essays
Anthologies |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780415153065
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| Classifications | Dewey:808.80353 |
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| Audience | | Undergraduate | | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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| Imprint |
Routledge
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| Publication Date |
4 March 1999 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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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
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