Masquerade queer poetry in America to the end of World War II
A comprehensive anthology of poetry by American gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender persons. It includes representative poems from more than 100 writers from pre-colonial times to the end of the Second World War. The anthology begins with selections of anonymous texts from the oral traditio...
| Format: | eBook |
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| Language: | English |
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Bloomington
Indiana University Press
2004, [2004]©2004
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | A comprehensive anthology of poetry by American gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender persons. It includes representative poems from more than 100 writers from pre-colonial times to the end of the Second World War. The anthology begins with selections of anonymous texts from the oral traditions of Hawaii and Native America, followed by voodoo chants and cowboy songs (with a few limericks thrown in for good measure). The selections are arranged by the year of the poet's birth and include samplings of poetry by a racially and ethnically diverse group of men and women. Contemporary readers will know the work of some of these poets, such as Gertrude Stein and Walt Whitman. Other poets, such as George Sanlayana and Adah Isaacs Menken, will be strangers to most. In all, these poets created a rich heritage of verse that has been for the most part masked throughout the history of American literature. (Adapted from publisher's description) |
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| Item Description: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002 |
| Physical Description: | xxxvii, 306 pages |
| ISBN: | 0253216346 9780253343260 0253069009 9780253069009 0253343267 9780253216342 |