helplessly the disintegration of their These facts do not, however, lead to a clothes.” reassessment of of It is simply noted that he often relied on the Corvo’s strange “love hierarchy.” money of others to was The strangeness of his aristos “maintain rank”: “His heavily subsidized.” persisting enthusiasm for hierarchy at a moment when his privations were growing more severe is disregarded. espousals of fanatically conservative ideals are often so excessive that they seem Corvo’s to border on the ridiculous, and I would like to consider the possibility that there is something more at play here than rigid conservatismIt might be useful to read the fetishization of obedience and rank in the Toto stories as a manifestation of camp aestheticsI would not be the first to suggest that work may be categorized as camp as camp at its Corvo’s “nineteenth-century churchiest and most This reading of Corvo does not, however, do much to decipher hysterical.” the political implications of camp aesthetics. His is listed as one of the Corvo’s “bogus title” central elements of his particularly brand of camp, which at least begins to gesture fin-de-siècle toward the role of performative superiority in strange parody of hierarchy and Corvo’s subordination. Nevertheless, the possibility that the shrill enactment of oppressive scenarios in his fiction might be at once is not entertainedI would like to suggest that the complex class politics of the Toto stories can only come to light when read through a camp frameworkRead in any other way, the stories can only confirm categorization of Corvo as representative of Gagnier’s the most conservative Englishness and the worst sort of elitist DecadenceRead as camp, the stories emerge as thoughtful and playful responses to the experience of hardship, oppression, and invisibility.
helplessly the disintegration of their clothes.” These facts do not, however, lead to a reassessment of Corvo’s strange “love of hierarchy.” It is simply noted that he often relied on the money of others to “maintain rank”: “His aristos was heavily subsidized.” The strangeness of his persisting enthusiasm for hierarchy at a moment when his privations were growing more severe is disregarded. Corvo’s espousals of fanatically conservative ideals are often so excessive that they seem to border on the ridiculous, and I would like to consider the possibility that there is something more at play here than rigid conservatismIt might be useful to read the fetishization of obedience and rank in the Toto stories as a manifestation of camp aestheticsI would not be the first to suggest that Corvo’s work may be categorized as camp as “nineteenth-century camp at its churchiest and most hysterical.” This reading of Corvo does not, however, do much to decipher the political implications of Corvo’s camp aesthetics. His “bogus title” is listed as one of the central elements of his particularly fin-de-siècle brand of camp, which at least begins to gesture toward the role of performative superiority in Corvo’s strange parody of hierarchy and subordination. Nevertheless, the possibility that the shrill enactment of oppressive scenarios in his fiction might be at once is not entertainedI would like to suggest that the complex class politics of the Toto stories can only come to light when read through a camp frameworkRead in any other way, the stories can only confirm Gagnier’s categorization of Corvo as representative of the most conservative Englishness and the worst sort of elitist DecadenceRead as camp, the stories emerge as thoughtful and playful responses to the experience of hardship, oppression, and invisibility.