Passion and Power: Edwardian Censorship and E.F. Benson's Homoerotic Public School Novel David Blaize (1917)

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  • Carol Naylor

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https://doi.org/10.21153/pecl2001vol11no2art1330

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passion, power, censorship, David Blaize, E.F. Benson, homoeroticism, school stories

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2001-07-01

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“ Passion and Power: Edwardian Censorship and E.F. Benson’s Homoerotic Public School Novel David Blaize (1917)” (2001) Papers: Explorations into Children’s Literature, 11(2), pp. 17–26. doi:10.21153/pecl2001vol11no2art1330.

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