James Eli Adams
Biographic Data
| ID | 1037362 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Eli Adams |
| GIVEN NAMES | James Eli |
| FAMILY NAME | Adams |
| SIGNATURE | ADAMS J E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9407-4945 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Dandy
The article surveys the significance of the dandy as a central figure in nineteenth-century constructions of masculinity and social class
Monstrosity
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Religion and Sexuality
Victorian sexual attitudes were closely bound up with the impact of Evangelical faith, particularly as it informed two subsequent developments in Victorian Christianity: Tractarianism, which was widely received as a form of Anglo-Catholicism, and ‘muscular Christianity’, which was centrally concerned to rescue the body from the moral rigour of both Evangelicals and Tractarians. In religious controversy, connections between sexuality and faith eme…
Troubled Legacies
The Function of Journals at the Present Time
It seems to me that reviews have had their day,& that nothing is now worth much except the two extremes, newspapers for diffusion & books for accurate thought. Every thinker should make a point of either publishing in his life if possible, or leaving behind him the most complete expression he can produce of his best thoughts, those which he has no chance of getting into any review
The Burdens of Intimacy
Why does passion bewilder and torment so many Victorian protagonists? And why do so many literary characters experience moments of ecstasy before their deaths? This text shows why Victorian fiction conveys both the pleasure and anguish of intimacy. Examining works by Bulwer-Lytton, Swinburne, Schreiner, Hardy, James, Santayana, and Forster, he argues that these writers struggled with aspects of psychology that were undermining the utilitarian eth…
Dandies and Desert Saints
A Choice "Outstanding Academic Book for 1996"While drawing on work in feminism, queer theory, and cultural history, Dandies and Desert Saints challenges scholars to rethink simplistic notions of Victorian manhood. James Eli Adams examines masculine identity in Victorian literature from Thomas Carlyle through Oscar Wilde, analyzing authors who identify the age's ideal of manhood as the power of self-discipline. What distinguishes Adams's book from…
Gentleman, Dandy, Priest
Philosophical Forgetfulness
In a letter to The Republican of 3 January 1823, one of his earliest appearances in print, John Stuart Mill objected to use which you frequently make of the term Nature as denoting some positive, active, if not intelligent being.' Throughout his career Mill would continue to attack the infirmity, as he put it nearly fifty years later, of being led away by phrases and treating abstractions as if they were realities which have a will and active pow…
The Function of Journals at the Present Time
It seems to me that reviews have had their day,& that nothing is now worth much except the two extremes, newspapers for diffusion & books for accurate thought. Every thinker should make a point of either publishing in his life if possible, or leaving behind him the most complete expression he can produce of his best thoughts, those which he has no chance of getting into any review
Gentleman, Dandy, Priest
Philosophical Forgetfulness
In a letter to The Republican of 3 January 1823, one of his earliest appearances in print, John Stuart Mill objected to use which you frequently make of the term Nature as denoting some positive, active, if not intelligent being.' Throughout his career Mill would continue to attack the infirmity, as he put it nearly fifty years later, of being led away by phrases and treating abstractions as if they were realities which have a will and active pow…
Dandies and Desert Saints
A Choice "Outstanding Academic Book for 1996"While drawing on work in feminism, queer theory, and cultural history, Dandies and Desert Saints challenges scholars to rethink simplistic notions of Victorian manhood. James Eli Adams examines masculine identity in Victorian literature from Thomas Carlyle through Oscar Wilde, analyzing authors who identify the age's ideal of manhood as the power of self-discipline. What distinguishes Adams's book from…
The Burdens of Intimacy
Why does passion bewilder and torment so many Victorian protagonists? And why do so many literary characters experience moments of ecstasy before their deaths? This text shows why Victorian fiction conveys both the pleasure and anguish of intimacy. Examining works by Bulwer-Lytton, Swinburne, Schreiner, Hardy, James, Santayana, and Forster, he argues that these writers struggled with aspects of psychology that were undermining the utilitarian eth…
The Function of Journals at the Present Time
It seems to me that reviews have had their day,& that nothing is now worth much except the two extremes, newspapers for diffusion & books for accurate thought. Every thinker should make a point of either publishing in his life if possible, or leaving behind him the most complete expression he can produce of his best thoughts, those which he has no chance of getting into any review
Troubled Legacies
Religion and Sexuality
Victorian sexual attitudes were closely bound up with the impact of Evangelical faith, particularly as it informed two subsequent developments in Victorian Christianity: Tractarianism, which was widely received as a form of Anglo-Catholicism, and ‘muscular Christianity’, which was centrally concerned to rescue the body from the moral rigour of both Evangelicals and Tractarians. In religious controversy, connections between sexuality and faith eme…
Monstrosity
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Dandy
The article surveys the significance of the dandy as a central figure in nineteenth-century constructions of masculinity and social class
Philosophy (5 works) · Art (4 works) · History (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Art history (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)