Effeminate England : homoerotic writing after 1885 /

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 tha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bristow, Joseph (Author)
Format:	Government Document Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, [1995]
Series:	Between men--between women.
Subjects:	English literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Homosexuality and literature > England > History > 20th century. Homosexuality and literature > England > History > 19th century. English literature > Male authors > History and criticism. English literature > 19th century > History and criticism. Gay men's writings, English > History and criticism. Effeminacy in literature. Androgyny (Psychology) in literature. Male homosexuality in literature. Gender identity in literature. Gay men in literature. Homosexuality > history Literature, Modern Littérature anglaise > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique. Homosexualité et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > 20e siècle. Homosexualité et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle. Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique. Androgynie dans la littérature. Homosexualité masculine dans la littérature. Identité de genre dans la littérature. Homosexuels masculins dans la littérature. Androgyny (Psychology) in literature English literature English literature > Male authors Gay men in literature Gay men's writings, English Gender identity in literature Homosexuality and literature Male homosexuality in literature England Homosexualität > Motiv Literatur English literature > Male authors > History and criticism English literature > 19th century > History and criticism English literature > 20th century > History and criticism Gay men's writings, English > History and criticism Homosexuality and literature > England > History > 19th century Homosexuality and literature > England > History > 20th century Englisch. 1800-1999 Geschichte 1885-1995. Homoeroticism. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History
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Table of 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.