Noble Lives

Description:

**Noble Lives** examines how sexual orientation affected the careers of two historical figures generally accepted as gay, and a third whose sexual identity was in constant question during his lifetime. This unique book features comprehensive biographical accounts of Jazz Age author Glenway Wescott, Academy Award-winning composer Aaron Copland, and Nobel Peace Laureate Dag Hammarskjold, addressing the relationship between their sexuality and their achievements in literature, the social sciences, musical composition, diplomacy, and global politics. **Noble Lives** is the first English-language text to thoroughly--and objectively--explore the troubled sexuality of Sweden's Hammarskjold, the former Secretary-General of the United Nations.

subjects: gay,  homosexual,  Composers,  Gay men,  Biography,  American Authors,  Statesmen,  Biografi,  Homosexuella ma˜n,  Wescott, glenway, 1901-1987,  Copland, aaron, 1900-1990,  Hammarskjold, dag, 1905-1961,  Authors, american,  Composers, biography,  Statesmen, europe,  Homosexuels masculins,  Biographies,  Écrivains américains,  Compositeurs,  Hommes d'État,  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY,  Social Scientists & Psychologists,  POLITICAL SCIENCE,  Public Policy,  Cultural Policy,  SOCIAL SCIENCE,  Anthropology,  Cultural,  Popular Culture

People: Glenway Wescott,  Aaron Copland,  Dag Hammarskjold