Title Before queer theory : Victorian aestheticism and the self / Dustin Friedman

Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource Contents Homoerotic subjectivity in Walter Pater's early essays -- Styles of survival in Pater's later writings -- Oscar Wilde's lyric performativity -- Vernon Lee and the specter of lesbian history -- Queering the object: aesthetic indifference in Michael Field's poetry Summary "This book of literary criticism, about the historical relationship of art, sexuality, and the self, demonstrates that Victorian aestheticism was a key forerunner to modern queer theory. By theorizing aestheticism through Hegel's philosophy, the author argues that Victorian aesthetes imagined that encountering art and literature could help to shape a person's queer sense of self"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO; viewed June 19, 2019) Subject English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Aestheticism (Literature) Literature -- Philosophy. Self (psychology) in literature Homosexuality and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Aestheticism (Literature) English literature Homosexuality and literature Literature -- Philosophy England Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781421431499 1421431491

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