Title

Dayneford's library: American homosexual writing, 1900-1913

Author

James Joseph Gifford, Syracuse University

Date of Award

1994

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

English

Advisor(s)

John Crowley

Keywords

American literature, Sociology

Subject Categories

Literature in English, North America

Abstract

This study examines American homosexual literature, 1900-1913, to uncover a multiplicity of discourses seeking to define homosexuality. The models of Natural, Unnatural, Domestic, Alien, Athletic, and Aesthetic homosexualities reveal gay writing as inchoate and in a state of flux, where no single discourse ultimately proves sufficient. The study concludes that such (often conflicting) models of gayness persist to the present day. The methodology covers a deliberately wide range of canonical to minor authors and a cross-spectrum of traditional and non-traditional texts, with the additional purpose of recovering gay-inflected writing not currently in circulation among today's critics.

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Recommended Citation

Gifford, James Joseph, "Dayneford's library: American homosexual writing, 1900-1913" (1994). English - Dissertations. 34.
https://surface.syr.edu/eng_etd/34

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