Aestheticism and Sexual Parody 1840-1940: (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Cultu)

Series: Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Cultu

Aestheticism and Sexual Parody adds a new and important dimension to the concept 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 interactions of late nineteenth and twentieth centu