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T1 Queer (dis)orientation in Oscar Wilde's "The Portrait of Mr W.H." (1889)
A1 Hueso-Vasallo, Manuel
K1 Teoría queer
K1 Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900) - Crítica e interpretación
K1 Homosexualidad en la literatura
AB Following Sara Ahmed’s conceptualisation of queer phenomenology, this paperaddresses how a relatively lesser-known short story by Oscar Wilde, “The Portrait ofMr W.H.” (1889) can be read as an orientation device towards the different artisticdiscourses of the past that inform queer culture and historiography.In the story, a cast of unreliable characters become obsessed with a forgery that attemptsto pass as the original portrait of Shakespeare’s muse: Mr W.H. By positing this portraitas a point of historic and artistic conflict, the narrative turns its back to heteronormativerealities and (dis)orientates both the characters and the readers, creating a queer effect.
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/38881
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/38881
LA eng
NO Proyecto de investigación 'Orientation: Towards a Dynamic Understanding of Contemporary Fiction and Culture (1990s-2000s)', financiado por el Ministerio Español de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026