RT Journal Article
T1 Corporeal Abjection and Hopefulness in Oscar Wilde's "Charmides" (1881).
A1 Hueso-Vasallo, Manuel
K1 Teoría queer
K1 Poesía inglesa - S. XIX
K1 Wilde, Oscar - Crítica e interpretación
AB This paper addresses the potential relationship between corporality, abjection, and hope in Oscar Wilde’s“Charmides” (1881). The main aim of inspecting this connection is to establish how Wilde makes use of abjection in order to defend the idea that sexual dissidence can, indeed, offer the possibility of hope. In other words, the paper focuses on how Wilde describes abject bodies and abject bodily acts in the poem in a way that ultimately defies the social and moral conventions of his period. It argues that acts that may be considered abject –such as same-sex desire– can be hopeful when addressed from a different perspective. This paper hopes to establish a clear connection between the poem, the abject, and Wilde’s defiance of the sexual mores of his period.
PB Universidad de Murcia
YR 2025
FD 2025-07-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39300
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39300
LA eng
NO Hueso-Vasallo, Manuel. "Corporeal Abjection and Hopefulness in Oscar Wilde's 'Charmides' (1881)." IJES, vol. 25, no. 1, 2025, 99-115
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 21 ene 2026