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Strange relations : masculinity, sexuality and art in mid-century America / Ralf Webb.
Van Pelt Library PS228.M37 W43 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Webb, Ralf, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- America.
- Baldwin, James, 1924-1987--Criticism and interpretation.
- Baldwin, James.
- Cheever, John--criticism and interprtation.
- Cheever, John.
- Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 criticism and interpretation.
- Williams, Tennessee.
- McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967--Criticism and interpretation.
- McCullers, Carson.
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Criticism and interpretation.
- Whitman, Walt.
- Baldwin, James, 1924-1987.
- Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983.
- McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967.
- Masculinity--America--20th century.
- Masculinity.
- Authors, American--20th century--Sexual behavior.
- Authors, American.
- Bisexual men--United States.
- Bisexual men.
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 8 unnumbered pages, 340 pages : portraits ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Masculinity, sexuality and art in mid-century America
- Place of Publication:
- London : Sceptre, 2024.
- Summary:
- "In October 1960, James Baldwin and John Cheever spoke on a panel together at San Francisco State College. The troubled state of American society was under discussion, which Baldwin incisively diagnosed as a 'failure of the masculine sensibility'. Strange Relations explores this crisis in mid-century masculinity and the lives and works of four bisexual writers who fought to express and embody alternate possibilities. Building on Walt Whitman's philosophy of the love between men, Ralf Webb considers the ways in which Tennessee Williams and Carson McCullers, as well as Cheever and Baldwin, resisted in their art, as well as in their relationships, the damaging expectations of contemporary gender and sexuality. With a curious, intelligent and sensitive gaze, Ralf Webb sheds new light on each writer. Together, these artists offer a powerful and moving argument for a transformative new masculinity, grounded in fluidity, love and intimacy."--Publisher's web page https://www.hodder.co.uk/titles/ralf-webb/strange-relations/9781399713214/
- Contents:
- (from table of contents) Introduction
- O adhesiveness!
- A feeling of estrangement
- What did I desire?
- What about love?
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-328) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781399713214
- 1399713213
- OCLC:
- 1398211592
- Publisher Number:
- 90100674104
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