A Small Boy and Others - Imitation and Initiation in American Culture from Henry James to Andy Warhol

An exploration of the queer childhoods and odd careers of artists and writers of the 1890s and 1960s.

A propos de l'auteur

Michael Moon is Professor of English at the Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of Disseminating Whitman: Revision and Coroporeality in “Leaves of Grass,” and coeditor of Subjects and Citizens: Nation, Race, and Gender from “Oroonoko” to Anita Hill (Duke University Press).

Résumé

Explores an array of literary, artistic, and theatrical performances ranging from the memoirs of Henry James and the dances of Vaslav Nijinsky to the Pop paintings of Andy Warhol and such films as Midnight Cowboy, Blue Velvet, and Jack Smith's Flaming Creatures.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Moon, Michael Moon
• Edition: Duke University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 29.04.1998
• EAN: 9780822321613
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2161-3
• Pages: 208
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 240 mm x 21 mm
• Poids: 531 g
• Thèmes: Series Q; Series Q
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée