Romantic Genius The Prehistory of a Homosexual Role |
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| Author:
| Elfenbein, Andrew |
| Series title: | Between Men Between Women Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-10753-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1999 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $56.95 |
Book Description:
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Elfenbein takes on the absorbing subject of homosexuality in British Romantic writing, showing the centrality of disreputable desires to the works of Romantic male authors--from William Beckford to Samuel Taylor Coleridge to William Blake-as well as to the writings of lesser-known but equally significant female authors of the period.
Elfenbein takes on the absorbing subject of homosexuality in British Romantic writing, showing the centrality of disreputable desires to the works of Romantic male authors--from William Beckford to Samuel Taylor Coleridge to William Blake-as well as to the writings of lesser-known but equally significant female authors of the period.