TY  - GEN
T1  - Secret Selves: Confession and Same-sex Desire in Victorian Autobiography
A1  - Buckton, Oliver S.
LA  - English
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_on1076774097
AB  - Focusing on the representation of same-sex desire in Victorian autobiographical writing, Oliver Buckton offers significant new readings of works by some of the most influential figures in late-nineteenth-century literature and culture. Combining original research, careful historical analysis, and contemporary theories of autobiography, gender, and sexual identity, he provides nuanced studies of confessional narratives by Edward Carpenter, John Henry Newman, John Addington Symonds, Oscar Wilde, and, in an epilogue, E. M. Forster. By examining the "confessional" elements of these writings, Buckton brings "secrecy" into focus as a central and productive component of autobiographical discourse. He challenges the conventional view of secrecy as the suppression of information, instead using the term to suggest an oscillation between authorial self-disclosure and silence or reserve--a strategy for arousing the reader's interest and establishing a relation based on shared knowledge while deferring or displacing the revelation of potentially incriminating and scandalous desires. Though their disclosures of same-sex desire jeopardized the cultural privilege granted these writers by Victorian codes of authorship and masculinity, their use of secrecy, Buckton shows, allowed them to protect themselves from Victorian stigma and to challenge prevailing constructions of sexual identity. Originally published in 1998. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
CN  - PR788.A95
SN  - 9780807837924
SN  - 080783792X
SN  - 9780807824351
SN  - 0807824356
KW  - English prose literature : 19th century : History and criticism.
KW  - Autobiography.
KW  - Homosexuality and literature : Great Britain : History : 19th century.
KW  - Gay men : Great Britain : Biography : Biography : History and criticism.
KW  - Male authors, English : Biography : History and criticism.
KW  - Gay men's writings, English : History and criticism.
KW  - Confession in literature.
KW  - Desire in literature.
KW  - Authors, English : 19th century : Biography : History and criticism.
KW  - Homosexuality and literature : England : History : 19th century.
KW  - Gay men : England : Biography : History and criticism.
KW  - Great Britain : History : Victoria, 1837-1901 : Historiography.
KW  - Prose anglaise : 19e siècle : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Autobiographie.
KW  - Homosexualité et littérature : Grande-Bretagne : Histoire : 19e siècle.
KW  - Désir dans la littérature.
KW  - Écrivains anglais : 19e siècle : Biographies : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Homosexualité et littérature : Angleterre : Histoire : 19e siècle.
KW  - Grande-Bretagne : Histoire : 1837-1901 (Victoria) : Historiographie.
KW  - autobiography (genre)
KW  - Literary.
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM.
KW  - Electronic books.
ER  -