TY - BOOK AU - Ambrose,Tom TI - Heroes and exiles: gay icons through the ages SN - 9781615239214 (hbk.) AV - HQ75.7 .A43 2010 U1 - 306.766 22 PY - 2010/// CY - London PB - New Holland KW - Homosexuality KW - Social aspects KW - Public opinion KW - Gay authors KW - Biography KW - Gay artists KW - Gay men KW - Lesbians N1 - 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 ER -