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Secret Selves

Oliver S. Buckton

1998270 pagesabout 4–6 hours
1998
first published
  • 1998University of North Carolina Press · 270 pages · ENGISBN 9780807824351
  • 2000University of North Carolina Press · 282 pages · ENGISBN 9780807837924
  • 2000University of North Carolina Press · 282 pages · ENGISBN 9780807860625

Focusing on the representation of same-sex desire in Victorian autobiographical writing, Oliver Buckton offers readings of works by influential figures in late-19th-century literature and culture. Combining research, historical analysis, and contemporary theories of autobiography, gender and sexual identity, he provides studies of confessional narratives by Edward Carpenter, John Henry Newman, John Addington Symonds, Oscar Wilde, and, in an epilogue, E.M. Forster.

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