By Morris B. Kaplan
ISBN-10: 0801436788
ISBN-13: 9780801436789
ISBN-10: 0801477921
ISBN-13: 9780801477928
Sodom at the Thames seems to be heavily at 3 episodes regarding intercourse among males in late-nineteenth-century England. Morris Kaplan attracts on vast examine into courtroom documents, modern newspaper debts, own correspondence and diaries, even a pornographic novel. He specializes in infamous scandals and one quieter incident.
In 1871, transvestites "Stella" (Ernest Boulton) and "Fanny" (Frederick Park), who had paraded round London's West finish via enthusiastic admirers, have been attempted for conspiracy to dedicate sodomy. In 1889-1890, the "Cleveland road affair" printed that telegraph supply boys have been moonlighting as prostitutes for well-liked gents, one in all whom fled out of the country. In 1871, Eton schoolmaster William Johnson resigned in shame, producing shockwaves one of the younger males in his circle whose romantic attachments lasted all through their lives. Kaplan exhibits how profoundly those scandals encouraged the pains of Oscar Wilde in 1895 and contributed to becoming anxiousness approximately male friendships.
Sodom at the Thames reconstructs those incidents in wealthy element and provides a voice to the varied humans concerned. It deepens our knowing of past due Victorian attitudes towards city tradition, masculinity, and male homoeroticism. Kaplan additionally explores the consequences of such old narratives for the modern politics of sexuality.
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