Glances Backward: An Anthology of American Homosexual Writing, 1830-1920
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (744 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1551117282 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 386 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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In its treatment of largely unknown and inaccessible textsfrom overwrought expressions of romantic friendship to modern diatribes against homosexuals as poor insurance risksit offers the best scholarly introduction to the period when homosexuality was just finding its voice. It is a landmark text, necessary not only for queer scholars but for any student of American literature.” David Van Leer, University of California, Davis “This is an astonishing array of writing about same-sex relations. “Glances Backward breaks new ground in gay studies. The anthology explores the full range of writin
Henry Blake Fuller’s “Allisonian Classical Academy” has until now been available only in manuscript form. In addition to works by lesser-known authors, selections by Henry James, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, Horatio Alger, Jr., Jack London, and Willa Cather are included.. Glances Backward brings together in one volume a broad selection of nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century American writings about gay male love, including love stories, Westerns, ghostly tales, poetry, drama, essays, letters, and memoirs. Many of these works, such as The Cult of the Purple Rose, the story of a gay alliance at 1890s Harvard, are reprinted here for the first time since their original publication
. He is the editor of Imre: A Memorandum, by Edward Prime-Stevenson. James Gifford is Professor of Humanities at Mohawk Community College in Utica, New York