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Author Sinfield, Alan.

Title The Wilde century : effeminacy, Oscar Wilde, and the queer moment / Alan Sinfield.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, [1994]
©1994

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.38 S616W    Check Shelf
Description viii, 216 pages ; 23 cm.
Series Between men--between women
Between men--between women.
Contents 1. Queer thinking -- 2. Uses of effeminacy -- 3. Manly sentiments -- 4. Aestheticism and decadence -- 5. Speaking its name -- 6. Class relations -- 7. Freud and the cross-sex grid -- 8. Subcultural strategies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 -- Influence.
Homosexuality and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Male homosexuality -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Sex role -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Decadence (Literary movement)
Aestheticism (Literature)
Androgyny (Psychology)
Gay men in literature.
Dandies in literature.
ISBN 023110166X (cloth : acid-free paper)
0231101678 (paper : acid-free paper)
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