Sexualities in Victorian Britain |
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| Other Primary Creator:
| Miller, Andrew H. |
| Editor:
| Adams, James Eli |
| ISBN: | 978-0-253-33066-6 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1996 |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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"The careful structuring of the anthology, the attention to a wide range of diverse primary materials, and the high quality of the individual essays make it a valuable contribution to Victorian studies." --Albion "This book promises to lay to rest, once and for all, the early 20th-century truism that Victorians' primary relationship to sexuality turned on repression." --Mary L. Poovey ". . . eleven essays which offer new and diverse insights into the role...
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"The careful structuring of the anthology, the attention to a wide range of diverse primary materials, and the high quality of the individual essays make it a valuable contribution to Victorian studies." --Albion
"This book promises to lay to rest, once and for all, the early 20th-century truism that Victorians' primary relationship to sexuality turned on repression." --Mary L. Poovey
". . . eleven essays which offer new and diverse insights into the role of sexuality in Victorian life and literature." --Lambda Book Report
An introduction to Victorian sexualities and a survey of current critical methods, these essays will energize reflection on the complexity of human sexuality and on the many different arrays of meaning that it has generated.