Effeminate England: Homoerotic Writing After 1885 (Between Men - Between Women Gay and Lesbian Studies) - Softcover

Bristow, Joseph

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9780231103497: Effeminate England: Homoerotic Writing After 1885 (Between Men - Between Women Gay and Lesbian Studies)

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ISBN 10: 0231103492 ISBN 13: 9780231103497

Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr, 1995

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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 that followed these defining moments in the history of gay literature, demonstrating how the effeminate behavior that came to be connected so solidly with male homosexual identity has manifested itself in the literature of gay male writers in England.
Effeminate England focuses closely on the works and lives of several prominent British literary figures of the past century, including E. M. Forster, John Addington Symonds, and Quentin Crisp. In a concluding section, Bristow evaluates the impact of the AIDS epidemic on gay men's writing and offers a thoughtful, original reading of Alan Hollinghurst's highly regarded recent novel, The Swimming Pool Library.

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About the Author:

Joseph Bristow is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of York, where he is also affiliated with the Centre for Women's Studies, and serves as Senior Extended Research Fellow at Stanford University's Humanities Center for the 1995-1996 academic year.

Review:

"...expansive, accessible and assured." - Gay Times "...a fertile, compelling and individual work whichwillbe required reading for anyone teaching or studying 20th centurygay and literary studies." - Times Higher Education Supplement "...a very solid and engaging book, providing freshinsights into canonical texts and writers, whilst opening up new textual territory." - English

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