| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xi, 372 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-354) and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Into the fifties. Innocence ; The kindness of strangers ; Howl ; Soul kiss ; Going Hollywood -- pt. 2. The sixties. The great homosexual theater scare ; The medium is the messsage ; Love and sex and A single man ; The whole world is watching ; Riots -- pt. 3. The seventies. Old and young ; Love song ; Annus mirabilis ; White noise -- pt. 4. The eighties. Illness and metaphor ; Dead poets society ; Tale of two or three cities ; Laughter in the dark -- pt. 5. The nineties and after. Angels ; Rising tide ; High tide -- Rewriting America. |
| Summary |
Describes how the trailblazing, post-war gay literary figures, including Tennessee Williams, Gore Vidal, Truman Capote, and Allen Ginsberg, paved the way for newer generations, including Armistead Maupin, Edmund White, and Edward Albee. |
| Subject |
Gays' writings, American -- History and criticism.
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Authors, American -- 20th century.
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Gay authors -- United States.
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Gay men's writings -- History and criticism.
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| ISBN |
9780446563130 (hbk.) |
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0446563137 (hbk.) |
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