Ornamental Gentlemen Literary Antiquarianism and Queerness in British Literature and Culture, 1760-1890 |
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Author:
| Robinson, Michael |
Series title: | Edinburgh Critical Studies in Romanticism EUP Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-7486-8245-4 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2020 |
Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $120.00 |
Book Description:
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This book addresses the many questions about the suppressed bookish dimension of Romanticism. Addressing Gothic novels by a pair of noted eighteenth-century book collectors (and pederasts), campy bibliographies and mock-heroic poems about book auctions by an excited fan of aristocratic book collectors, narratives of compulsive book collecting (and drug-abuse) by a prototypical Bohemian and self-styled addict, and the rare-book forgeries of queer bibliographer-scholars responsible for...
More DescriptionThis book addresses the many questions about the suppressed bookish dimension of Romanticism. Addressing Gothic novels by a pair of noted eighteenth-century book collectors (and pederasts), campy bibliographies and mock-heroic poems about book auctions by an excited fan of aristocratic book collectors, narratives of compulsive book collecting (and drug-abuse) by a prototypical Bohemian and self-styled addict, and the rare-book forgeries of queer bibliographer-scholars responsible for canonizing some of the Romantic poets. In the process, this book uncovers surprising connections between conceptions of literature and sexuality; literary obscurity and queerness; and forgery, sexuality and authenticity.