Title: Gay Men in Modern Southern Literature
Description: "The concept of masculinity has had a profound influence on modern gay-written and gay-themed American Southern literature. Much of the fiction and drama of three important contemporary writers - Tennessee Williams, Charles Nelson, and Reynolds Price - has been shaped by the cultural dynamics of the Southern tradition of codified definitions and parameters of masculinity. This regional approach to literature also serves as critically protective, maintaining its focus in an effort to avoid essentializing experience and identity. Gay Men in Modern Southern Literature will be a valuable asset in the study of gender construction, literary theory, and modern American Southern writing."--Publisher's website.
Subjects: Williams, tennessee, 1914-1983, American literature, history and criticism, 20th century, Homosexuality and literature, Gay men in literature, Masculinity in literature, Literature and society, Southern states, social life and customs, American literature, History and criticism, History, Criticism and interpretation, Initiation rites in literature, Social life and customs