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Simon Joyce, "LGBT Victorians: Sexuality and Gender in the Nineteenth-Century Archives" (Oxford UP, 2022)

New Books in LGBTQ+ Studies

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Identity Struggles and Repression in 19th-century Desires

This chapter delves into the complexities of sexual desires and struggles with identity in a 19th-century figure. It explores the challenges faced by an individual whose object of desire is adolescents, leading to problematic relationships and attempts to create a chaste homosexual identity. The narrative further discusses the impact of repression on the individual's physical and mental well-being.

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