Tag: Masculine Desire

Book Review: Queering the Renaissance by Jonathan Goldberg (Editor).

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“… this volume is not a glimpse at activities on the margins or in the shadows, but works to redefine the centre…” – Jonathan Goldberg, Queering the Renaissance EDITOR Jonathan Goldberg’s Queering the Renaissance (Duke University Press, 1993) occupies a seminal, perhaps even radical, place in queer literary and historical studies, particularly for readers interested […]

Book Review: Masculine Desire: The Sexual Politics of Victorian Aestheticism by Richard Dellamora

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DURING my time at the University of Guelph, while pursuing my English degree with a focus on nineteenth-century literature and Queer Theory, particularly Victorian Gothic, I came across this book while looking for texts to aid with my studies in the field. I still have my original copy, which I picked up at the now-closed […]