Aestheticism and Sexual Parody 1840-1940 (Paperback, New ed)

This original and provocative 2001 study discusses the work of a number of authors in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in order to argue that mainstream society was enabled to accept the non-normative sexuality of the Aesthetic Movement chiefly through parody and self-parody. Highlighting Victorian popular culture, Aestheticism and Sexual Parody adds an important dimension to the theorisations of parody as a combative strategy by which sexually marginalized groups undermine the status quo. From W. S. Gilbert's drama and Vernon Lee and Christopher Isherwood's prose to George du Maurier's cartoons and Max Beerbohm's caricatures, Dennis Denisoff explores the parodies' interactions with the personae and texts of canonical authors such as Alfred Tennyson, Walter Pater, Algernon Swinburne, and Oscar Wilde. In doing so, he considers the impact that these interactions had on modern ideas of gender, sexuality, taste and politics.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
Release date:	March 2006
First published:	2001
Authors:	Dennis Denisoff
Dimensions:	230 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	208
Edition:	New ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-02489-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century
LSN:	0-521-02489-7
Barcode:	9780521024891

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