Before Wilde: Sex Between Men in Britain's Age of Reform Hardcover - 2009
by Charles Upchurch
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"This is a work of great originality that fills a huge gap in the history of homosexuality."--George Robb, author of British Culture and the First World War
"This book fills an aching gap in the history of male homosexuality in Britain, the mid-years of the nineteenth century. Charles Upchurch shows the importance of this period in foreshadowing what was to come in the greater dramas of the late century, signaled by Wilde's disastrous fall. But more than this, the book refuses to see homosexuality as a thing apart. Its history is firmly located in a dense history of families, communities, rapid change, new forms of policing, and social reform. The result is a compelling account that illuminates dark corners, and throws new light on the familiar. It is a major contribution to our understanding of sex between men in a period of dramatic change."--Jeffrey Weeks, author of The World We Have Won: The Remaking of Erotic and Intimate Life
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- Title Before Wilde: Sex Between Men in Britain's Age of Reform
- Author Charles Upchurch
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Printing
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press
- Date 2009-04-22
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780520258532 / 0520258533
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 1 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.54 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Great Britain - History - 19th century, Great Britain - Social conditions - 19th
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008034391
- Dewey Decimal Code 306.766
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Citations
- Chronicle of Higher Education, 05/08/2009, Page 19
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