Dare me! : the life and work of Gerald Glaskin / John Burbidge ; with a foreword by Robert Dessaix ; cover image George Britnell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burbidge, John, author.

Dessaix, Robert, author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Britnell, George, cover designer.

Series:

Gay and Lesbian Perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Glaskin, G. M. (Gerald Marcus), 1923-2000.

Glaskin, G. M.

Homosexuality and literature--Australia--History.

Homosexuality and literature.

Authors, Australian--Biography.

Authors, Australian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gerald Glaskin (1923-2000) pushed the boundaries of acceptability in what he wrote and how he wrote it. His 20 major publications - novels, short stories, travelogues, memoirs, plays, and more - tackled such taboo subjects as homosexuality, incest, and parapsychology. In the aftermath of World War II, Glaskin challenged white Australians to re-examine their attitudes toward Asians and Aboriginal people; and his 1965 novel, No End to the Way - initially banned in his home country - was groundbreaking in its frank and honest portrayal of a homosexual relationship. Outside Australia, Glaskin's bo

Contents:

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix; Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii; Acknowledgements. . . . . . . . . . xvi; Credits and Permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix; Chapter 1 My Beautiful Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Chapter 2 A Touch of Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Chapter 3 Gerald in Wonderland . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33; Chapter 4 The Managing Elder Brother. . . . . . . . . . 63; Chapter 5 A Singapore Fling. . . . . . . . . . 91; Chapter 6 Dear 'Old Thing' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109; Chapter 7 Going Dutch. . . . . . . . . . 133; Chapter 8 Writer in Search of a Cause . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Chapter 9 Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186Chapter 10 Loneliness. . . . . . . . . . 213; Chapter 11 Tilting at Windmills. . . . . . . . . . 231; Chapter 12 An Egyptian Nomarch. . . . . . . . . . 261; Chapter 13 Don't Go West, Young Man. . . . . . . . . . 283; Chapter 14 Home, if Not Hosed. . . . . . . . . . 306; The Major Published Works of Gerald Marcus Glaskin . . . . . . . . . . 311

References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 2, 2014).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-921867-73-6

OCLC:

1531322556