{"product_id":"aestheticism-and-sexual-parody-1840-1940-paperback-9780521024891","title":"Aestheticism and Sexual Parody 1840–1940 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521024891","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAestheticism and Sexual Parody 1840–1940\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 2001 book studies the concept of parody as a strategy used by sexually marginalized groups.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDennis Denisoff (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521024891, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 March 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages, 7 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.327 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...it offer[s] an important interpretation of the data...This complex working of 'high' and 'low' cultures to widen social sympathies is an original contribution to our understanding of aesthetics.\"   English Literature in Transition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis original and provocative 2001 study discusses the work of a number of authors in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in order to argue that mainstream society was enabled to accept the non-normative sexuality of the Aesthetic Movement chiefly through parody and self-parody. Highlighting Victorian popular culture, Aestheticism and Sexual Parody adds an important dimension to the theorisations of parody as a combative strategy by which sexually marginalized groups undermine the status quo. From W. S. Gilbert's drama and Vernon Lee and Christopher Isherwood's prose to George du Maurier's cartoons and Max Beerbohm's caricatures, Dennis Denisoff explores the parodies' interactions with the personae and texts of canonical authors such as Alfred Tennyson, Walter Pater, Algernon Swinburne, and Oscar Wilde. In doing so, he considers the impact that these interactions had on modern ideas of gender, sexuality, taste and politics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Alfred Tennyson and the critical sexualization of Aestheticism\u003cbr\u003e 2. The leering creatures of W. H. Mallock and Vernon Lee\u003cbr\u003e 3. Gigolo economics: W. S. Gilbert and the market value of parodic promiscuity\u003cbr\u003e 4. 'Men of my own sex': genius, sexuality, and George du Maurier's artists\u003cbr\u003e 5. Epistemological misfiring in the aestheticist camp of Ada Leverson and Robert Hichens\u003cbr\u003e 6. Max Beerbohm, Christopher Isherwood, and Camp Homage\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Works cites\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Gender studies, gender groups [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Gender studies, gender groups\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Gender%20studies,%20gender%20groups%20%5BJFSJ%5D%22\"\u003eJFSJ\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201800%20to%20c%201900%20%20%5BDSBF%5D%22\"\u003eDSBF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005423505688,"sku":"9780521024891","price":33.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521024891i_0a9d53e3-fbde-4da1-9a57-2e86542d8fa7.jpg?v=1694964611","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/aestheticism-and-sexual-parody-1840-1940-paperback-9780521024891","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}