Book contents
- Sexual Restraint and Aesthetic Experience in Victorian Literary Decadence
- Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
- Sexual Restraint and Aesthetic Experience in Victorian Literary Decadence
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Loss and Gain
- 2 ‘A Passionate Coldness’
- 3 ‘A Holy Indifference and Tolerant Favour’
- 4 ‘An Ascetic Epicureanism’
- 5 ‘Men Have Died of Love’
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century
Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 March 2023
Book contents
- Sexual Restraint and Aesthetic Experience in Victorian Literary Decadence
- Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
- Sexual Restraint and Aesthetic Experience in Victorian Literary Decadence
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Loss and Gain
- 2 ‘A Passionate Coldness’
- 3 ‘A Holy Indifference and Tolerant Favour’
- 4 ‘An Ascetic Epicureanism’
- 5 ‘Men Have Died of Love’
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century
Summary
What happens to productive continence after the turn of the twentieth century? The medical profession ceased to mention it as belief in the dangers of sex (and indeed, many of its actual risks) began to wane; but it never quite disappeared from the popular imagination. The Conclusion asks in what further directions the book’s work could be taken and proposes a particular relevance to studies of artistic ethics outside of Decadent literature, for instance, in the work of Henry James and Ezra Pound. It suggests that a similar approach to other texts and discourses can complicate and revitalize our approach to Victorian sexuality.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023