Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents viii
3. List of Illustrations xi
4. Preface xii
5. Acknowledgements xvi
6. Note xvii
7. Part One. Corydon
8. 1. The Chronology of Corydon 1
9. 2. Corydon: A Summary 11
10. 3. Characterisation and Irony 20
11. 4. Language and Ideology: A Lexis for Corydon 26
12. Part Two. History, Science And Sociology
13. Introduction 37
14. 5. Ideologies 39
15. 6. Social Theory 64
16. 7. Medico,Legal Attitudes 88
17. 8. Natural History and Anthropology 110
18. 9. Victims, Martyrs and a Social Conscience 121
19. Part Three. The Literary Sources
20. Introduction 139
21. 10. The Ancient World 141
22. 11. The Orient 176
23. 12. Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries 187
24. 13. The Enlightenment and After in France 201
25. 14. British and American Literature 261
26. 15. German, Scandinavian and Dutch Literature 279
27. 16. Italian Literature 288
28. Part Four. Imaginative Writings
29. Introduction 295
30. 17. Early Prose Works: Asceticism 297
31. 18. Early Prose Works: Ecstasy 311
32. 19. Philoctète 323
33. 20. Saul 328
34. 21. Le Roi Candaule 338
35. 22. L' Immoraliste 350
36. 23. Les Caves du Vatican 365
37. 24. Les Faux~Monnayeurs 373
38. 25. Thesee: A Homosexual Codicil 396
39. Epilogue 401
40. Appendix A. Pederasty and Art 407
41. Appendix B. Corydon: Introduction to Dialogue I (1911) 413
42. Appendix C. Corydon: Introduction to Dialogue II (Proof Copy, 1920) 415
43. Appendix D. Corydon: Introduction to Dialogue III (1911) 417
44. Appendix E. Corydon: Appendix ( 1911) 419
45. Appendix F. Concordance to the EJitions and English Translations of Corydon 421
46. Notes 423
47. Select Bibliography 473
48. Index 486