Victorian Keats: Manliness, Sexuality and Desire

Najarian, J.

This book explores the sexual implications of reading Keats. Keats was lambasted by critics throughout the nineteenth century for his sensuousness and his 'effeminacy'. The Victorians simultaneously identified with, imitated, and distrusted the 'unmanly' poet. Writers, among them Alfred Lord Tennyson, Matthew Arnold, Gerard Manley Hopkins, John Addington Symonds, Walter Pater, and Wilfred Owen came to terms with Keats's work by creating out of the 'effeminate' poet a sexual and literary ally.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2002-09-25

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333985830

DOI: 10.1057/9780230596856

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 240