Sodom on the Thames : : Sex, Love, and Scandal in Wilde Times / / Morris B. Kaplan.

Sodom on the Thames looks closely at three episodes involving sex between men in late-nineteenth-century England. Morris Kaplan draws on extensive research into court records, contemporary newspaper accounts, personal correspondence and diaries, even a pornographic novel. He focuses on two notorious...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (328 p.) :; 19 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Eros in the Archives: An Introduction
  • Prologue: A Walk on the Wild Side
  • Part One: Sex in the City
  • Part Two: Love Stories
  • Part Three: West End Scandals
  • Part Four: Wilde' s Time
  • Epilogue: "Sex-Mania"
  • Telling Tales: Some Conclusions
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Suggestions for Further Reading
  • Index