Tatyana's turn / Detectability of Onegin's latent homosexuality, Martha Fiennes and my A

[atacama at global.co.za]

Maybe the next thread will be about
Tatyana turning gay ? ...food for thought for some ?

Vera Beljakova

Original Message:
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From: Matthew Herrington herrington.matthew at GMAIL.COM
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 14:47:14 -0400
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Detectability of Onegin's latent homosexuality,
Martha Fiennes and my A


Dear All,

I just realized that my response to Vera Beljakova did not go out to the
list, but to her personally.  Here it is, for what it's worth.  This will be
my last contribution as the entire discussion seems to be devolving into
pure bigotry.

MH


On 4/11/06, Matthew Herrington <herrington.matthew at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Actually, Casnova is known to have slept with men and also to have
> crossdressed.  And I did not say that dandy is equivalent to "gay".  You
> fail to understand that sexuality is more fluid than the categories used
to
> describe them today.  And calling any of our heroes "gay" is not to impute
> their honor; they would have no reason to challenge me to a duel.  They
> would, however, likely be less offended by the appellation than you are,
> since you seem to believe that "gay" is a good insult.
>
> MH
>
>
> On 4/10/06, atacama at global.co.za <atacama at global.co.za> wrote:
> >
> > Why is it that most people on this List seem to forget
> > that being a Dandy in that Period was the "in-thing",
> > it was the height of fashion and all well-born men did
> > their best to demonstrate their status in life by being
> > well-turned out....
> >
> > There is a difference between a Dandy and a Pansy.
> > Beau Brummel (the singer now living in SA running a
> > nudist colony) is being blamed for being overtly
> > heterosexual, although he modelled himself on the
> > real Beau Brummel.
> >
> > Just look at the costume dramas, historic films,
> > the recently released Casanova, Hamlet in tights,
> > the Roman/Grecian/Trojan heroes, men in skirts and
> > sandals with a sword....Please don't start telling
> > me that ALL our male literary heroes are 'gay'....
> > They are not here to defend their 'honour' or
> > challenge you to a duel.
> >
> > Vera Beljakova
> > Johannesburg
> >
>

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