Sexual restraint and aesthetic experience in Victorian literary decadence / Sarah Green, University of Oxford.
| Author/creator | Green, Sarah, 1989- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023. |
| Copyright Date | cu2023 |
| Description | 274 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture. ^A344711 |
| Contents | Loss and gain: the Victorian sexual body -- 'A passionate coldness': Walter Pater -- 'A holy indifference and tolerant favour': Lionel Johnson -- 'An ascetic epicureanism': Vernon Lee -- 'Men have died of love': George Moore. |
| Abstract | "Can sexual restraint be good for you? Many Victorians thought so. This book explores a surprisingly positive view of restraint in an unlikely place: late nineteenth-century Decadence. It reads Decadent texts alongside medical manuals, periodicals, and adverts, finding representations of restraint as healthy, productive, and aesthetically enriching"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-258) and index. |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9781108917490 |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| Genre/form | Literary criticism. |
| Genre/form | Literary criticism. |
| LCCN | 2022038890 |
| ISBN | 9781108831512 |
| ISBN | 1108831516 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | PDF ebook |
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