The Laws of Transmission: Homosexuality, Inheritance, and the Memory of Criminalisation in E. M. Forster’s The Life to Come and Other Stories
This article deals with the way the themes of transmission and homosexuality intersect in E. M. Forster’s The Life to Come and Other Stories, a collection of short stories published posthumously in 1972. First, it deals with the way in which the stories, which were written prior to the Sexual Offenc...
Guardado en:
| Publicado en: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ebc, |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lenguaje: | Anglais |
| Publicado: |
Études britanniques contemporaines
2024
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| id |
openedition-oai:revues.org:ebc_14552 |
|---|---|
| record_format |
openedition |
| spelling |
openedition-oai:revues.org:ebc_14552 https://doi.org/10.4000/11r4q urn:doi:10.4000/11r4q en https://journals.openedition.org/ebc/14552 2024-05-31T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/11r4q https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ The Laws of Transmission: Homosexuality, Inheritance, and the Memory of Criminalisation in E. M. Forster’s The Life to Come and Other Stories Études britanniques contemporaines Presses universitaires de la Méditerranée info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2271-5444 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1168-4917 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ebc Petit, Maxime transmission homosexualité nouvelle E. M. Forster The Life to Come and Other Stories Maurice Arctic Summer and Other Fiction criminalisation testament œuvre posthume transmission homosexuality short story E. M. Forster The Life to Come and Other Stories Maurice Arctic Summer and Other Fiction criminalization will posthumous publication This article deals with the way the themes of transmission and homosexuality intersect in E. M. Forster’s The Life to Come and Other Stories, a collection of short stories published posthumously in 1972. First, it deals with the way in which the stories, which were written prior to the Sexual Offences Act 1967, play with transmission as a form of contagion which triggers moral panics throughout the stories. The article then moves on to study the question of inheritance and pays particular attention to the device of the will which does not only ensure the transmission of material goods but also serves as a tool to assert one’s subjectivity and identity. This shift is particularly important in the context of gay-themed texts since the late 19th century and early 20th century saw the constitution of a distinct homosexual identity. Finally, we will study the way the collection works toward the transmission of the memory of criminalisation in England and Wales. Cet article se propose d’étudier la manière dont les thèmes de la transmission et de l’homosexualité interagissent dans le recueil de nouvelles d’E. M. Forster The Life to Come and Other Stories publié posthumément en 1972. Nous étudierons d’abord la manière dont les textes étudiés, tous écrits avant le Sexual Offences Act de 1967, jouent avec le thème de la transmission comme contagion. Dans un second temps, il s’agira d’étudier la notion d’héritage, notamment à travers le motif du testament qui ne garantit plus seulement la transmission de biens matériels mais aussi l’affirmation d’une subjectivité et d’une identité propres. Cette réévaluation du rôle du testament est particulièrement importante dans le cas de textes traitant de l’homosexualité puisque la fin du xixe siècle et le début du xxe siècle voient la constitution d’une identité homosexuelle spécifique. Enfin, nous nous intéresserons à la manière dont le recueil œuvre à la transmission de la mémoire de la période de criminalisation de l’homosexualité en Angleterre et au Pays de Galles. |
| collection |
OpenEdition Journal |
| language |
Anglais |
| format |
Article ou chapitre numérique |
| building |
0/Bibliothèque numérique/ 1/Bibliothèque numérique/OpenEdition Journals/ |
| topic |
transmission homosexualité nouvelle E. M. Forster The Life to Come and Other Stories Maurice Arctic Summer and Other Fiction criminalisation testament œuvre posthume transmission homosexuality short story E. M. Forster The Life to Come and Other Stories Maurice Arctic Summer and Other Fiction criminalization will posthumous publication |
| spellingShingle |
transmission homosexualité nouvelle E. M. Forster The Life to Come and Other Stories Maurice Arctic Summer and Other Fiction criminalisation testament œuvre posthume transmission homosexuality short story E. M. Forster The Life to Come and Other Stories Maurice Arctic Summer and Other Fiction criminalization will posthumous publication Petit, Maxime The Laws of Transmission: Homosexuality, Inheritance, and the Memory of Criminalisation in E. M. Forster’s The Life to Come and Other Stories |
| description |
This article deals with the way the themes of transmission and homosexuality intersect in E. M. Forster’s The Life to Come and Other Stories, a collection of short stories published posthumously in 1972. First, it deals with the way in which the stories, which were written prior to the Sexual Offences Act 1967, play with transmission as a form of contagion which triggers moral panics throughout the stories. The article then moves on to study the question of inheritance and pays particular attention to the device of the will which does not only ensure the transmission of material goods but also serves as a tool to assert one’s subjectivity and identity. This shift is particularly important in the context of gay-themed texts since the late 19th century and early 20th century saw the constitution of a distinct homosexual identity. Finally, we will study the way the collection works toward the transmission of the memory of criminalisation in England and Wales. |
| author |
Petit, Maxime |
| author_facet |
Petit, Maxime |
| author_sort |
Petit, Maxime |
| title |
The Laws of Transmission: Homosexuality, Inheritance, and the Memory of Criminalisation in E. M. Forster’s The Life to Come and Other Stories |
| title_short |
The Laws of Transmission: Homosexuality, Inheritance, and the Memory of Criminalisation in E. M. Forster’s The Life to Come and Other Stories |
| title_full |
The Laws of Transmission: Homosexuality, Inheritance, and the Memory of Criminalisation in E. M. Forster’s The Life to Come and Other Stories |
| title_fullStr |
The Laws of Transmission: Homosexuality, Inheritance, and the Memory of Criminalisation in E. M. Forster’s The Life to Come and Other Stories |
| title_full_unstemmed |
The Laws of Transmission: Homosexuality, Inheritance, and the Memory of Criminalisation in E. M. Forster’s The Life to Come and Other Stories |
| title_sort |
laws of transmission: homosexuality, inheritance, and the memory of criminalisation in e. m. forster’s the life to come and other stories |
| publisher |
Études britanniques contemporaines |
| publishDate |
2024 |
| container_title |
URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ebc |
| url |
https://ezproxy.univ-orleans.fr/login?url=https://doi.org/10.4000/11r4q https://ezproxy.univ-orleans.fr/login?url=https://journals.openedition.org/ebc/14552 |
| _version_ |
1877292422064504832 |