Thoreau's Sexuality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3638626 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Walter Harding (SUNY Geneseo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 23-46 |
| Publication date | 1991-06-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j082v21n03_02 |
| PMID | 1880400 |
| OpenAlex | W2094717650 |
| Language | EN |
Although Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) has often been described as lacking in sexual drive or at most a rather reluctant heterosexual, a close study of his life and writings indicates the presence of a pronounced vein of homoeroticism--although there seems to be no concrete evidence of any homosexual activity on his part. Cognizance of that homoeroticism helps one to understand many elements of his life and writings and suggests that his intense love of nature may have resulted from sublimation of that homoeroticism
Gynecology · Homosexuality · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Human sexuality · Male Homosexuality · Psychoanalysis · Sexual life · Sociology · Sublimation (psychology · American Sports and Literature · Gender Studies · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Thoreau and American Literature
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |