Writing desire : sixty years of gay autobiography /

Cohler, Bertram J.

Writing desire : sixty years of gay autobiography / Bertram J. Cohler. - Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c2007. - xiv, 254 p. ; 23 cm. - Wisconsin studies in autobiography .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-240) and index.

Life writing about gay desire -- Born in the thirties: coming of age in the fifties -- Born in the forties: finding a voice -- Born in the fifties: the gay revolution -- Born in the sixties: living easier with homosexuality -- Born in the seventies and eighties: postmodern memoirs -- Conclusion.

Lambda Literary Award nominee, 2008: LGBT Studies.

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Gays--Biography--History and criticism.
Gays' writings--History and criticism.
Autobiography.

CT25 / .C64 2007

306.76/6/2/0922

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