Oscar Wilde, Wilfred Owen, and male desire : begotten, not made /

"Oscar Wilde, Wilfred Owen, and Male Desire explores Wilde's idea of 'male procreation', which is the begetting of new ideas through the erotic but not necessarily physical interactions of male couples. The study offers innovative readings of several of Wilde's texts, includ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Campbell, James, 1964- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Series:	Palgrave studies in nineteenth-century writing and culture.
Subjects:	Wilde, Oscar, > 1854-1900 > Criticism and interpretation. Wilde, Oscar, > 1854-1900 > Relations with men. Owen, Wilfred, > 1893-1918 > Criticism and interpretation. Owen, Wilfred, > 1893-1918 > Relations with men. Male homosexuality in literature. Male homosexuality > Great Britain > History > 19th century. LITERARY CRITICISM / General. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. Owen, Wilfred, > 1893-1918. Wilde, Oscar, > 1854-1900. 1800 - 1899 Male homosexuality. Man-woman relationships. Great Britain.

Table of Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction
1. Sexual Gnosticism: Male Procreation and The Portrait of Mr W. H.
2. Shades of Green and Gray: Dual Meanings in Wilde's Novel
3. Love of the Impossible: Wilde's Failed Queer Theory
4. Oscar and Sons: The Afterlife of Male Procreation
5. Priests of Keats: Wilfred Owen's Pre-War Relationship to Wilde
6. OW/WH/WO: Wilfred Owen as Symbolic Son of Oscar Wilde
Afterword.