A Baltic Antinous : queer affirmation in Carl Robert Egells’ Rubi, 1879
(2026)
Book Chapter
Pretsell, D. (in press). A Baltic Antinous : queer affirmation in Carl Robert Egells’ Rubi, 1879. In Rewriting Gender in an Age of Transition, 1880-1940. London: Routledge
This chapter discusses Rubi, by Carl Robert Egells, a historically important novella published in 1879. Rubi contains a self-affirming narrative of same-sex attraction, ahead of its time in German literature. Set on the Baltic coast, the novella expl... Read More about A Baltic Antinous : queer affirmation in Carl Robert Egells’ Rubi, 1879.