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Coming Out Ahead: The Homosexual Moment in the Academy

From the August/September 1993 Print Edition

The journal Victorian Studies recently invited submissions for a special issue, entitled “Victorian Sexualities.” “Topics,” stated the call for papers, “may include (but certainly are not limited to) Victorian homosexualities; the erotics of dress and cross-dressing; . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Aug 1993

Character and Poverty

From the June/July 1992 Print Edition

Poverty And Compassion: The Moral Imagination Of The Late Victorians by Gertrude Himmelfarb Knopf, 475 pages, $30 Gertrude Himmelfarb’s The Idea of Poverty: England in the Early Industrial Age , published in 1984, examined the debate on poverty in British thought from Adam Smith’s . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 1992

Minding Our Manners and Morals

From the April 1990 Print Edition

We begin with the observations of a social critic of cultural conservative leanings—let his name, for the moment, remain a mystery—as he casts his gaze upon the cultural influence of the market. New forms of capitalist economic organization, he notes, have led to the disappearance of . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 1990
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