The Idea of Development: Decadence, Aestheticism and Sexual Identity in Pater's Marius the Epicurean (1885)

Authors

  • Heike Bauer

Keywords:

Marius the Epicurean, evolution, sexuality, same-sex sexuality, homosexuality, nineteenth century, decadence, degeneration

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2020-06-11