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Masculine desire : the sexual politics of Victorian aestheticism / by Richard Dellamora.

Dandies and desert saints : styles of Victorian masculinity / James Eli Adams.

The Wilde century : effeminacy, Oscar Wilde and the queer moment / Alan Sinfield.

The sanitary arts : aesthetic culture and the Victorian cleanliness campaigns / Eileen Cleere.

Aestheticism and the marriage market in Victorian popular fiction : the art of female beauty / by Kirby-Jane Hallum.

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Aestheticism (Literature)

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Masculine desire : the sexual politics of Victorian aestheticism / by Richard Dellamora.

Dandies and desert saints : styles of Victorian masculinity / James Eli Adams.

The Wilde century : effeminacy, Oscar Wilde and the queer moment / Alan Sinfield.

The sanitary arts : aesthetic culture and the Victorian cleanliness campaigns / Eileen Cleere.

Aestheticism and the marriage market in Victorian popular fiction : the art of female beauty / by Kirby-Jane Hallum.