ENGLISH

Uncloseting Drama: Modernism's Queer Theatres

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9780300160178
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
852 kB (871970 bytes)
Pages
240\237
Time added
2023-05-30 02:09:48

Description

In this elegant book, modernism is illuminated through little-known but striking works by Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, and others who revived the “closet drama”—plays written largely for private reading—as a means of exploring forbidden sexualities. CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION “Half In and Half Out” CHAPTER 1. Fronting Pound CHAPTER 2. Bottoming Zukofsky CHAPTER 3 .Topping Stein CHAPTER 4. Backing Barnes CONCLUSION Other Closets, Other Rooms NOTES WORKS CITED INDEX

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