The Laws of Transmission: Homosexuality, Inheritance, and the Memory of Criminalisation in E. M. Forster’s The Life to Come and Other Stories

International audience 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 pri...

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Published in:Études britanniques contemporaines
Main Author: Petit, Maxime
Other Authors: Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J), Université de Toulouse (UT), Université Toulouse Capitole (UT Capitole), Centre for anglophone studies (CAS), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)
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Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2024
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spelling ftunivtoulouse2:oai:HAL:hal-04618360v1 2024-09-09T19:28:33+00:00 The Laws of Transmission: Homosexuality, Inheritance, and the Memory of Criminalisation in E. M. Forster’s The Life to Come and Other Stories Petit, Maxime Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J) Université de Toulouse (UT) Université Toulouse Capitole (UT Capitole) Centre for anglophone studies (CAS) Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT) 2024 https://univ-tlse2.hal.science/hal-04618360 https://doi.org/10.4000/11r4q en eng HAL CCSD Presses universitaires de la Méditerranée info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.4000/11r4q hal-04618360 https://univ-tlse2.hal.science/hal-04618360 doi:10.4000/11r4q ISSN: 1168-4917 EISSN: 2271-5444 Études britanniques contemporaines - Revue de la Société dʼétudes anglaises contemporaines https://univ-tlse2.hal.science/hal-04618360 Études britanniques contemporaines - Revue de la Société dʼétudes anglaises contemporaines, 2024, Transmissions, 66, ⟨10.4000/11r4q⟩ https://journals.openedition.org/ebc/ E. M. Forster The Life to Come and Other Stories Maurice Arctic Summer and Other Fiction transmission homosexuality criminalization will short story posthumous publication [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2024 ftunivtoulouse2 https://doi.org/10.4000/11r4q 2024-06-24T23:37:51Z International audience 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 ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Université Toulouse 2 - Jean Jaurès: HAL Arctic Maurice ENVELOPE(-55.817,-55.817,-63.133,-63.133) Études britanniques contemporaines 66
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topic E. M. Forster
The Life to Come and Other Stories
Maurice
Arctic Summer and Other Fiction
transmission
homosexuality
criminalization
will
short story
posthumous publication
[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences
spellingShingle E. M. Forster
The Life to Come and Other Stories
Maurice
Arctic Summer and Other Fiction
transmission
homosexuality
criminalization
will
short story
posthumous publication
[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences
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
topic_facet E. M. Forster
The Life to Come and Other Stories
Maurice
Arctic Summer and Other Fiction
transmission
homosexuality
criminalization
will
short story
posthumous publication
[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences
description International audience 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 ...
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