The Memoirs of John Addington Symonds: A Critical Edition

This edition is the first to reproduce John Addington Symonds's Memoirs in its entirety. It offers a...
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Author: Amber K. Regis
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The Memoirs of John Addington Symonds: A Critical Edition by Regis, Amber K.

The Memoirs of John Addington Symonds: A Critical Edition

$135.94

The Memoirs of John Addington Symonds: A Critical Edition

$135.94
Author: Amber K. Regis
Format: Paperback
Language: English
This edition is the first to reproduce John Addington Symonds's Memoirs in its entirety. It offers a panoramic view of middle-class Victorian life, shedding light upon sexual cultures and life histories too often hidden from history. Symonds (1840-93) began writing his Memoirs in 1889. It was, he confessed, 'a foolish thing to do.' Symonds was a respected man of letters, an historian, translator, essayist and poet; he was also married with children. But rather than unfold a simple tale of public and private achievement, the Memoirs record his struggle to reconcile his homosexuality with these professional and familial identities. His autobiography offers a confessional account of relationships beyond the accepted bounds of nineteenth-century social mores, presenting an alternative case study that contests the legal and medical authorities that would label his desires a crime or disease. Yet being so eloquent on matters of heterodox sexuality, the Memoirs were suppressed. The manuscript survives because Symonds recognised its import, however 'foolish': he instructed his literary executor to preserve the text, a duty ultimately discharged by placing the manuscript under embargo in the care of the London Library.

Author: Amber K. Regis
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 07/15/2018
Pages: 587
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.58lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 1.23d
ISBN: 9781349953721

About the Author

Amber K. Regis is Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Literature at the University of Sheffield, UK. She has published essays and reviews in Life Writing, Journal of Victorian Culture, and the Times Literary Supplement.


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