The violet hour : the Violet Quill and the making of gay culture /

The members of the literary circle known as the Violet Quill -- Andrew Holleran, Felice Picano, Edmund White, Christopher Cox, Michael Grumley, Robert Ferro, and George Whitmore -- collectively represent the aspirations and the achievement of gay writing during and after the gay liberation movement....

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Main Author: Bergman, David, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2004
Series:Between men--between women.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:The members of the literary circle known as the Violet Quill -- Andrew Holleran, Felice Picano, Edmund White, Christopher Cox, Michael Grumley, Robert Ferro, and George Whitmore -- collectively represent the aspirations and the achievement of gay writing during and after the gay liberation movement. David Bergman's social history shows how the works of these authors reflected, advanced, and criticized the values, principles, and prejudices of the culture of gay liberation. In spinning many of the most important stories gay men told of themselves in the short period between the 1969 Sto.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 304 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-288) and index.
ISBN:0231503830
9780231503839
Language:In English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.