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- Title: Erotic Figuration in Swinburne's Tristram of Lyonesse, Canto 2: the Vanishing Knight and the Drift of Butterflies (Algernon Charles Swinburne) (Critical Essay)
- Author : Victorian Poetry
- Release Date : January 22, 2009
- Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 237 KB
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Throughout his adult life Swinburne's sexuality was the subject of much discussion, anecdote, and invention; and from Edmund Gosse's biography of the poet onward, scholars have debated and speculated about Swinburne's sex life--his conduct and its causes. (1) Yet what Swinburne did in bed and with whom is less significant, for us, than what he did as a writer. How did he perceive sex and represent it? What models of sexual intercourse does he celebrate, develop, explore? What do his language and imagery imply about gender roles within sexual relationships, about the value of passion, about the cultural and physical implications of sexual action? These issues have not been entirely neglected, (2) yet much remains to be said, especially in regard to Swinburne's later work and the overall arc of his shifting views on sexuality. Such a study would run beyond the bounds of a single article; here I shall consider only how, in a small part of a single mature text, Swinburne develops a wonderfully complex and original vision of desire, undercutting the phallic model and substituting for it a model of sex based on the assumption of multitudinous centers of pleasure, in ways that highlight female subjectivity and female desire. There are, of course, several models of sex which Swinburne could have explored: models based on orientation, on the underlying power dynamic, on sensuous emphasis (tangible, visual, kinetic), on position and activity, on procreation, on sex in relation to natural and spiritual values, and on the subjective experience of pleasure. Although heterosexuality, masochism, and natural and spiritual values all play significant roles in the passages I shall be discussing, the primary focus is on the subjective experience of pleasure, and on a diffuse sexuality marked by multiple centers of pleasure, experienced by both protagonists but primarily enjoyed by the female and nurtured by the male. In this context Swinburne's famed diffuseness can be seen as an integral part of his profoundly original erotic vision. Further, the poet's vision of male heroism involves a sharp critique of phallic machismo--not only in an erotic context but even in combat--and a celebration of the hero's ability to nurture female sensuality. The power dynamic between the lovers, however, is not a simple one; it fluctuates frequently, and must be traced in detail.
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