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

• Main Author: Bergman, David, 1950-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2004.
• Series: Between men--between women.
• Subjects: 1900-1999; Gay men's writings, American > History and criticism.; Homosexuality and literature > United States > History > 20th century.; American literature > New York (State) > New York > History and criticism.; American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.; Gay men > United States > Intellectual life.; Violet Quill (Group of writers); Gay men in literature.; New York (N.Y.) > Intellectual life > 20th century.; New York (State) > New York; United States; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780231503839; 9780231130509; 9780231130516
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (xviii, 304 stran)
• Access: Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty

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.