Love in a dark time : and other explorations of gay lives and literature /
The author examines the life and work of some of the greatest and most influential writers of the past two centuries, figures whose homosexuality remained hidden or oblique for much of their lives, either by choice or necessity. He looks both at writers forced to disguise their true experience on th...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Scribner,
2002.
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| Edition: | Advance uncorrected proofs. |
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| Summary: | The author examines the life and work of some of the greatest and most influential writers of the past two centuries, figures whose homosexuality remained hidden or oblique for much of their lives, either by choice or necessity. He looks both at writers forced to disguise their true experience on the page and at readers who find solace and sexual identity by reading between the lines. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in 2001 in Australia by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Limited. The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy is signed by the author. |
| Physical Description: | 264 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0743229444 9780743229449 |