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02051aam a2200397 i 4500 001 207D7D2AE5A311E9B7B99A5997128E48 003 SILO 005 20191003010029 008 181114t20192019mdua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018054660 020 $a 1421431475 020 $a 9781421431475 020 $a 1421431483 020 $a 9781421431482 035 $a (OCoLC)1079399803 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d BDX $d YDX $d HDC $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk-en 050 00 $a PR468 A33 F75 2019 100 1 $a Friedman, Dustin, $d 1982- $e author. 245 10 $a Before queer theory : $b Victorian aestheticism and the self / $c Dustin Friedman. 264 1 $a Baltimore, Maryland : $b Johns Hopkins University Press, $c 2019. 300 $a xii, 234 pages ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "This book of literary criticism, about the historical relationship of art, sexuality, and the self, demonstrates that Victorian aestheticism was a key forerunner to modern queer theory. By theorizing aestheticism through Hegel's philosophy, the author argues that Victorian aesthetes imagined that encountering art and literature could help to shape a person's queer sense of self"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Homoerotic subjectivity in Walter Pater's early essays -- Styles of survival in Pater's later writings -- Oscar Wilde's lyric performativity -- Vernon Lee and the specter of lesbian history -- Queering the object: aesthetic indifference in Michael Field's poetry. 650 0 $a English literature $y 19th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Aestheticism (Literature) 650 0 $a Literature $x Philosophy. 650 0 $a Self (psychology) in literature. 650 0 $a Homosexuality and literature $z England $x History $y 19th century. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191214015143.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20191105020739.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=207D7D2AE5A311E9B7B99A5997128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search