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- catalog abstract ""In Strangers, the biographer of Balzac, Hugo, and Rimbaud has turned his attention to uncovering the real story of male and female homosexuality in the Victorian era. On the basis of archives, diaries, and letters scattered throughout Europe and America, Graham Robb tells a tale that is in part familiar, and in part extremely surprising - a story of oppression and secrecy but also of unexpected tolerance and familiarity." "Contradicting the widely held view that a liberated and proud gay heritage dates back only a few decades, the author uncovers evidence from legislation, literature, medicine, and daily life pointing to a culture of homosexuality that was uniquely well developed, self-aware, and sophisticated. He describes the lives of gay men and women: how they discovered their sexuality and accepted or disguised it; how they came out; how they made contact with like-minded people. He also includes a fascinating investigation of the encrypted homosexuality of such famous nineteenth-century sleuths as Edgar Allan Poe's Auguste Dupin and Sherlock Holmes himself (with glances forward in time to Batman and J. Edgar Hoover). Finally, Strangers addresses crucial questions of gay culture, including the riddle of its relationship to religion: Why were homosexuals created with feelings that the Creator supposedly condemns?"--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Homosexual love in the 19th century".
- catalog alternative "Homosexual love in the nineteenth century".
- catalog contributor b13152674.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""In Strangers, the biographer of Balzac, Hugo, and Rimbaud has turned his attention to uncovering the real story of male and female homosexuality in the Victorian era. On the basis of archives, diaries, and letters scattered throughout Europe and America, Graham Robb tells a tale that is in part familiar, and in part extremely surprising - a story of oppression and secrecy but also of unexpected tolerance and familiarity." "Contradicting the widely held view that a liberated and proud gay heritage dates back only a few decades, the author uncovers evidence from legislation, literature, medicine, and daily life pointing to a culture of homosexuality that was uniquely well developed, self-aware, and sophisticated. He describes the lives of gay men and women: how they discovered their sexuality and accepted or disguised it; how they came out; how they made contact with like-minded people. He also includes a fascinating investigation of the encrypted homosexuality of such famous nineteenth-century sleuths as Edgar Allan Poe's Auguste Dupin and Sherlock Holmes himself (with glances forward in time to Batman and J. Edgar Hoover). Finally, Strangers addresses crucial questions of gay culture, including the riddle of its relationship to religion: Why were homosexuals created with feelings that the Creator supposedly condemns?"--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. Prejudice -- Part one -- 2. In the shadows -- 3. Country of the blind -- 4. Outings -- Part two -- 5. Miraculous love -- 6. Society of strangers -- 7. A sex of one's own -- Part three -- 8. Fairy tales -- 9. Gentile Jesus -- 10. Heroes of modern life.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-331) and index.".
- catalog extent "viii, 341 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "039302038X (hc)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : W.W. Norton,".
- catalog spatial "Europe".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "306.76/6/094 22".
- catalog subject "Gays Europe History.".
- catalog subject "Gays United States History.".
- catalog subject "HQ76.3.E8 R63 2004".
- catalog subject "Homophobia Europe History.".
- catalog subject "Homophobia United States History.".
- catalog subject "Homosexuality Europe History.".
- catalog subject "Homosexuality United States History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Prejudice -- Part one -- 2. In the shadows -- 3. Country of the blind -- 4. Outings -- Part two -- 5. Miraculous love -- 6. Society of strangers -- 7. A sex of one's own -- Part three -- 8. Fairy tales -- 9. Gentile Jesus -- 10. Heroes of modern life.".
- catalog title "Homosexual love in the 19th century".
- catalog title "Homosexual love in the nineteenth century".
- catalog title "Strangers : homosexual love in the nineteenth century / Graham Robb.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".