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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aKaplan, Morris B.
_eautore
245 1 0 _aSodom on the Thames :
_bSex, Love, and Scandal in Wilde Times /
_cMorris B. Kaplan.
264 1 _aIthaca, NY :
_bCornell University Press,
_c[2012]
264 4 _c©2012
300 _a1 online resource (328 p.) :
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tEros in the Archives: An Introduction --
_tPrologue: A Walk on the Wild Side --
_tPart One: Sex in the City --
_tPart Two: Love Stories --
_tPart Three: West End Scandals --
_tPart Four: Wilde’ s Time --
_tEpilogue: “Sex-Mania” --
_tTelling Tales: Some Conclusions --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tNotes --
_tSuggestions for Further Reading --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aSodom on the Thames looks closely at three episodes involving sex between men in late-nineteenth-century England. Morris Kaplan draws on extensive research into court records, contemporary newspaper accounts, personal correspondence and diaries, even a pornographic novel. He focuses on two notorious scandals and one quieter incident. In 1871, transvestites "Stella" (Ernest Boulton) and "Fanny" (Frederick Park), who had paraded around London's West End followed by enthusiastic admirers, were tried for conspiracy to commit sodomy. In 1889–1890, the "Cleveland Street affair" revealed that telegraph delivery boys had been moonlighting as prostitutes for prominent gentlemen, one of whom fled abroad. In 1871, Eton schoolmaster William Johnson resigned in disgrace, generating shockwaves among the young men in his circle whose romantic attachments lasted throughout their lives. Kaplan shows how profoundly these scandals influenced the trials of Oscar Wilde in 1895 and contributed to growing anxiety about male friendships. Sodom on the Thames reconstructs these incidents in rich detail and gives a voice to the diverse people involved. It deepens our understanding of late Victorian attitudes toward urban culture, masculinity, and male homoeroticism. Kaplan also explores the implications of such historical narratives for the contemporary politics of sexuality.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024)
650 4 _aEngland.
650 4 _aGender Studies.
650 4 _aHistory.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBT Studies / Gay Studies.
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653 _across dressing, transgenderism, victorian homosexuality, lgbtq history, sexual controversy, sexual conservatism, european queer history, gay history, lesbian history, cleveland street affair, oscar wilde.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7591/9780801465826
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780801465826
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