Categorically Famous: Literary Celebrity and Sexual Liberation in 1960s America

(Part of the Post•45 Series)

by Guy Davidson

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The first sustained study of the relations between literary celebrity and queer sexuality, Categorically Famous looks at the careers of three celebrity writers--James Baldwin, Susan Sontag, and Gore Vidal--in relation to the gay and lesbian liberation movement of the 1960s. While none of these writers "came out" in our current sense, all contributed, through their public images and their writing, to a greater openness toward homosexuality...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1503609197

ISBN13:9781503609198

Release Date:June 2019

Publisher:Stanford University Press

Length:248 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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