Friedman, Dustin,  1982- <br/><br/>
Before queer theory :  Victorian aestheticism and the self / 
Dustin Friedman. 
 - Baltimore :  Johns Hopkins University Press,  (c)2019. 
 - 1 online resource. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Homoerotic subjectivity in Walter Pater's early essays --  Styles of survival in Pater's later writings --  Oscar Wilde's lyric performativity --  Vernon Lee and the specter of lesbian history --  Queering the object: aesthetic indifference in Michael Field's poetry. 
<br/><br/> "This book of literary criticism, about the historical relationship of art, sexuality, and the self, demonstrates that Victorian aestheticism was a key forerunner to modern queer theory. By theorizing aestheticism through Hegel's philosophy, the author argues that Victorian aesthetes imagined that encountering art and literature could help to shape a person's queer sense of self"-- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781421431499 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English literature--History and criticism.--19th century<br/>Aestheticism (Literature)<br/>Literature--Philosophy.<br/>Self (psychology) in literature.<br/>Homosexuality and literature--History--England--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR468  / .B446 2019