Gay Male Fiction since Stonewall

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"The conflict between assimilationism and radicalism that has riven gay culture since Stonewall became highly visible in the 1990s with the emergence and challenge of queer theory and politics. Focusing on fiction by Edmund White, Andrew Holleran, David Leavitt, Michael Cunningham, Alan Hollinghurst, Dennis Cooper, Adam Mars-Jones and others, Brookes argues that gay fiction is torn between assimilative and radical impulses. He posits the existence of two distinct strands of gay fiction, but also aims to show the conflict as an internal one, a struggle in which opposing impulses are at work within individual texts."--Jacket.

subjects: Gay men in literature,  Fiction, history and criticism,  Gays' writings, history and criticism,  American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century,  English fiction, history and criticism, 20th century,  Gay men's writings, American,  History and criticism,  American fiction,  Gay men's writings, English,  English fiction,  Male homosexuality in literature,  Écrits d'homosexuels masculins américains,  Histoire et critique,  Roman américain,  Roman anglais,  Homosexualité masculine dans la littérature,  Homosexuels masculins dans la littérature,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  American,  General