The first time I met Frank O'Hara : reading gay American writers /

"In Whitaker's commentary, he shows how powerfully gay literature has been impacted by societal mores. The First Time I Met Frank O'Hara begins with the nineteenth century, before there were many openly gay American writers; continues with what Whitaker calls the "gay century,&qu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Whitaker, Rick, 1968- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003.
Subjects:	O'Hara, Frank. Gays' writings, American > History and criticism. Gays' writings, American > History and criticism > Theory, etc. American literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc. Homosexuality and literature > United States. Gays > United States > Intellectual life. Books and reading > United States. Lesbians in literature. Gay men in literature. Homosexualität. Literatur. Books and reading. Gays' writings, American. Homosexuality and literature. United States. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:

Fitz-Greene Halleck
Henry David Thoreau
Walt Whitman
Herman Melville
- Emily Dickinson
Oscar Wilde
Henry Blake Fuller
Ronald Firbank
Carl VanVechten
Gertrude Stein
Charles Henri Ford
Hart Crane
Glenway Westcott
Jane Bowles
Gore Vidal
James Baldwin
Gerard Rizza
- Frank O'Hara
James Purdy
Andrew Holleran
David Wojnarowicz
Henry Cole
Tobias Schneebaum.