"In Thy Cedarn Prison Thou Waitest": Johnson's "Ionica" and Uranian Intertextuality

KAYLOR, Michael Matthew. "In Thy Cedarn Prison Thou Waitest": Johnson's "Ionica" and Uranian Intertextuality. In Theory and Practice in English Studies. Brno: Masaryk University, 2005, p. 79-85, vol. 4, 7 pp. ISBN 80-210-3836-5.

Basic information

• Original name: "In Thy Cedarn Prison Thou Waitest": Johnson's "Ionica" and Uranian Intertextuality
• Name in Czech: "In Thy Cedarn Prison Thou Waitest": Johnson's "Ionica" and Uranian Intertextuality
• Authors: KAYLOR, Michael Matthew (840 United States of America, guarantor).
• Edition: Brno, Theory and Practice in English Studies, p. 79-85, vol. 4, 7 pp. 2005.
• Publisher: Masaryk University

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Proceedings paper
• Field of Study: Literature, mass media, audio-visual activities
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/05:00031328
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• ISBN: 80-210-3836-5
• Keywords in English: William Johnson; William Johnson Cory; Eton College; Victorian pedagogy; Pederasty; Paederasty; Uranian; Uranian poetry; Ionica; An Invocation; Comatas; Homoeroticism; Victorian Literature; Gay Studies
• Tags: An Invocation, Comatas, Eton College, Gay Studies, Homoeroticism, Ionica, Paederasty, pederasty, Uranian, Uranian poetry, Victorian Literature, Victorian pedagogy, William Johnson, William Johnson Cory

Abstract

This paper examines the pederastic pedagogy practiced by the Eton master William Johnson (later Cory), particularly as this relates to his fostering of the Uranian movement through the verses of his 'Ionica'. It provides a close reading of his poem 'An Invocation', a poem that employs the Classical story of the imprisoned goatherd Comatas, who was sustained through the intervention of the Muses, to illustrate the boxed positionality of the Victorian Uranians.

Abstract (in Czech)

Článek se věnuje pederastické pedagogice praktikované učitelem soukromé školy v Etonu Williamem Johnsonem (později zvaným Cory), a to především ve vztahu k tomu, jak jeho verše "Ionica" podporovaly hnutí tzv. Uranistů. V této souvislosti je detailně analyzována jeho báseň "An Invocation", jež zpracovává klasický příběh pastevce koz Comatase, uvězněného v cedrové bedně a krmeného díky zásahu Múz, a představujícího paralelu ke skrývaným pozicím viktoriánských Uranistů.