Heroes and exiles : gay icons through the ages / Tom Ambrose.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : New Holland, 2010.Description: 216 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781615239214 (hbk.)
  • 1615239219 (hbk.)
  • 9781847734686 (pbk.)
  • 1847734685 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.766 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ75.7 .A43 2010
Contents:
Introduction : the fall from grace -- Mignons and libertines -- The flight of Queen Christina -- England and the quadruple alliance -- The scandal of William Beckford -- The ladies of Llangollen -- Lord Byron's pilgrimage -- Edward Lear's escape to fantasy -- The quest for Corvo -- Coming out with John Addington Symonds -- The tragedy of Oscar Wilde -- Henry James and E. M. Forster : attitudes to exile -- American lesbians in Paris -- Gay life in the pre-1945 world -- From Europe to the United States -- Paul Bowles and gay Tangier -- James Baldwin's retreat to France -- The end of exile.
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Book Book Stonewall Non-Fiction HQ 76 AMB 2010 1 Available 16152392141
Book Book Stonewall Processing Center HQ 75.2 AMB 2010 3 Staff Collection 18477346863

Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-204) and index.

Introduction : the fall from grace -- Mignons and libertines -- The flight of Queen Christina -- England and the quadruple alliance -- The scandal of William Beckford -- The ladies of Llangollen -- Lord Byron's pilgrimage -- Edward Lear's escape to fantasy -- The quest for Corvo -- Coming out with John Addington Symonds -- The tragedy of Oscar Wilde -- Henry James and E. M. Forster : attitudes to exile -- American lesbians in Paris -- Gay life in the pre-1945 world -- From Europe to the United States -- Paul Bowles and gay Tangier -- James Baldwin's retreat to France -- The end of exile.

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