Gay Male Fiction Since Stonewall: Ideology, Conflict, and Aesthetics (Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature)

Arguing that gay fiction is torn between assimilative and radical impulses, this study focuses on fiction by White, Holleran, Leavitt, Cunningham, Hollinghurst, Cooper, Mars-Jones and others, positing the existence of two distinct strands of gay fiction, where opposing impulses are at work within individual texts.;Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Gay Male Fiction Since Stonewall: The Contextual Framework; 2 Divergent Lines of Dissent: Wilde to Stonewall; 3 "The Potency, Magnetism, and Promise of Gay Self-Disclosure": Paradise Found?; 4 Centripetal Tendencies: Gays, Heterosexuality, and the Family; 5 The Gay Outlaw: Sexual Radicalism and Transgression; 6 The AIDS Epidemic: Victory to a Virus?; Coda: Pressures of the New Millennium; Appendix: An Interview with Edmund White; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

the Conflict Between Assimilationism And Radicalism That Has Riven Gay Culture Since Stonewall Became Highly Visible In The 1990s With The Emergence And Challenge Of Queer Theory And Politics. The Conflict Predates Stonewall, However—indeed, Jonathan Dollimore Describes It As One Of The Most Fundamental Antagonisms Within Sexual Dissidence Over The Past Century. By Focusing On Fiction By Edmund White, Andrew Holleran, David Leavitt, Michael Cunningham, Alan Hollinghurst, Dennis Cooper, Adam Mars-jones And Others, Brookes Argues That Gay Fiction Is Torn Between Assimilative And Radical Impulses. He Posits The Existence Of Two Distinct Strands Of Gay Fiction, But Also Aims To Show The Conflict As An Internal One, A Struggle In Which Opposing Impulses Are At Work Within Individual Texts. This Book Places Post-stonewall Gay Fiction In Context By Linking It To Theoretical And Historical Developments Since The Late Nineteenth Century, And Tracing The Conflict Back To The Fiction Of Wilde, Forster, Genet, Vidal, Burroughs And Isherwood. Other Relevant Topics Discussed Include Gay Fiction Of The 1970s; Gays And The Family; Sexual Transgression; Gay Fiction And The Aids Epidemic.

"The conflict between assimilationism and radicalism that has riven gay culture since Stonewall became highly visible in the 1990s with the emergence and challenge of queer theory and politics. Focusing on fiction by Edmund White, Andrew Holleran, David Leavitt, Michael Cunningham, Alan Hollinghurst, Dennis Cooper, Adam Mars-Jones and others, Brookes argues that gay fiction is torn between assimilative and radical impulses. He posits the existence of two distinct strands of gay fiction, but also aims to show the conflict as an internal one, a struggle in which opposing impulses are at work within individual texts."--Résumé de l'éditeur "The conflict between assimilationism and radicalism that has riven gay culture since Stonewall became highly visible in the 1990s with the emergence and challenge of queer theory and politics. Focusing on fiction by Edmund White, Andrew Holleran, David Leavitt, Michael Cunningham, Alan Hollinghurst, Dennis Cooper, Adam Mars-Jones and others, Brookes argues that gay fiction is torn between assimilative and radical impulses. He posits the existence of two distinct strands of gay fiction, but also aims to show the conflict as an internal one, a struggle in which opposing impulses are at work within individual texts."--Jacket. Language & Literature Book Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 8 Acknowledgments 10 Introduction 12 1 Gay Male Fiction Since Stonewall: The Contextual Framework 23 2 Divergent Lines of Dissent: Wilde to Stonewall 52 3 “The Potency, Magnetism, and Promise of Gay Self-Disclosure”: Paradise Found? 83 4 Centripetal Tendencies: Gays, Heterosexuality, and the Family 113 5 The Gay Outlaw: Sexual Radicalism and Transgression 138 6 The AIDS Epidemic: Victory to a Virus? 169 Coda: Pressures of the New Millennium 197 Appendix: An Interview with Edmund White 206 Notes 218 Bibliography 228 Index 236 Arguing that gay fiction is torn between assimilative and radical impulses, this study focuses on fiction by Edmund White, Andrew Holleran, David Leavitt, Michael Cunningham, Alan Hollinghurst, Dennis Cooper, Adam Mars-Jones and others, positing the existence of two distinct strands of gay fiction

Arguing that gay fiction is torn between assimilative and radical impulses, this study focuses on fiction by White, Holleran, Leavitt, Cunningham, Hollinghurst, Cooper, Mars-Jones and others, positing the existence of two distinct strands of gay fictio