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This edition is the first to reproduce John Addington Symonds's Memoirs in its entirety. It offers a panoramic view of middle-class Victorian life, shedding light upon sexual cultures and life histories too often hidden from history. Symonds (1840-93) began writing his Memoirs in 1889. It was, he confessed, 'a foolish thing to do.' Symonds was a respected man of letters, an historian, translator, essayist and poet; he was also married with children. But rather than unfold a simple tale of public and private achievement, the Memoirs record his struggle to reconcile his homosexuality with these professional and familial identities. His autobiography offers a confessional account of relationships beyond the accepted bounds of nineteenth-century social mores, presenting an alternative case study that contests the legal and medical authorities that would label his desires a crime or disease. Yet being so eloquent on matters of heterodox sexuality, the Memoirs were suppressed. The manuscript survives because Symonds recognised its import, however 'foolish': he instructed his literary executor to preserve the text, a duty ultimately discharged by placing the manuscript under embargo in the care of the London Library.

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• Celý názov: Memoirs of John Addington Symonds
• Podnázov: A Critical Edition
• Autor: Amber K. Regis
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Väzba: Brožovaná
• Počet strán: 587
• EAN: 9781349953721
• ID: 20120940
• Nakladateľ: Palgrave Macmillan
• Hmotnosť: 780 g
• Rozmery: 149 × 213 × 40 mm
• Dátum vydania: 15. July 2018

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