The Idea of Development: Decadence, Aestheticism and Sexual Identity in Pater's Marius the Epicurean (1885)
Keywords:
Marius the Epicurean, evolution, sexuality, same-sex sexuality, homosexuality, nineteenth century, decadence, degenerationAbstract
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