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100 1 $aKaplan, Morris B.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96065471
245 10 $aSodom on the Thames :$bsex, love, and scandal in Wilde times /$cMorris B. Kaplan.
260 $aIthaca :$bCornell University Press,$c2005.
300 $a314 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [299]-303) and index.
520 1 $a"Sodom on the Thames looks closely at three episodes involving sex between men in late-nineteenth-century England. Morris B. Kaplan draws on extensive research of court records, contemporary newspaper accounts, personal correspondence and diaries, even a pornographic novel. He focuses on two notorious scandals and one quieter incident. In 1871, the transvestites "Stella" (Ernest Boulton) and "Fanny" (Frederick Park), who had paraded around London's West End followed by enthusiastic admirers, were tried for conspiracy to commit sodomy. In 1889-1890, the "Cleveland Street affair" revealed that telegraph delivery boys had been moonlighting as prostitutes for prominent gentlemen, one of whom fled abroad. In 1871, the Eton schoolmaster William Johnson resigned in disgrace, generating shockwaves among the young men in his circle whose romantic attachments lasted throughout their lives. Kaplan shows how profoundly these scandals influenced the trials of Oscar Wilde in 1895 and contributed to growing anxiety about male friendships." "Sodom on the Thames reconstructs these incidents and gives a voice to the diverse people involved. It deepens our understanding of late Victorian attitudes toward urban culture, masculinity, and male homoeroticism. Kaplan also explores the implications of such historical narratives for the contemporary politics of sexuality."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aEnglish literature$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008119678
650 0 $aHomosexuality and literature$zEngland$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aMale homosexuality$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aLondon (England)$xSocial life and customs$y19th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078225
650 0 $aSex customs$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aEnglish literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102754
650 0 $aScandals$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory$y19th century.
600 10 $aSymonds, John Addington,$d1840-1893$xSexual behavior.
600 10 $aWilde, Oscar,$d1854-1900$xTrials, litigation, etc.
651 0 $aLondon (England)$xIn literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008107013
650 0 $aSexual orientation in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95000075
650 0 $aSex customs in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94009368
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0511/2005008833.html
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852 00 $bbar$hPR8477$i.K37 2005