In October 1960, James Baldwin diagnosed the trouble with American society as ‘a failure of the masculine sensibility.’ This is a study of the relationship of Tennessee Williams, Carson McCullers, John Cheever and Baldwin to that society.
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Strange Relations: Masculinity, Sexuality and Art in Mid-Century America
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£20.00
Edition:Hardback978139971321425/07/2024
Categories: 07. Summer 2024: Literature & Poetry, History, Summer 2024
Tag: North America
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