This book reads Oscar Wilde as a queer theorist and Wilfred Owen as his symbolic son. It centers on the concept of 'male procreation', or the generation of new ideas through an erotic but non-physical connection between two men, and it sees Owen as both a product and a continuation of this Wildean tradition.

Autorentext
James Campbell is Associate Professor of English at the University of Central Florida, USA.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements A Guide to Abbreviations Introduction 1. Sexual Gnosticism: Male Procreation and The Portrait of Mr W. H. 2. Shades of Green and Gray: Dual Meanings in Wilde's Novel 3. Love of the Impossible: Wilde's Failed Queer Theory 4. Oscar and Sons: The Afterlife of Male Procreation 5. Priests of Keats: Wilfred Owen's Pre-War Relationship to Wilde 6. OW/WH/WO: Wilfred Owen as Symbolic Son of Oscar Wilde Afterword Notes Bibliography Index