Victorian Keats Manliness, Sexuality and Desire
Description
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.
Keywords
Literary CriticismPoetryModern19th CenturyEuropeanEnglish, Irish, Scottish, WelshLanguage Arts & Disciplines
2002Book
Author(s)James Najarian
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780333985830
LanguageEnglish
