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Cecil Dreeme : a novel /

Cecil Dreeme is one of the queerest American novels of the 19th century. This edition, which includes a new introduction contextualizing the sexual history of the period and queer longings of the book, brings a rare, almost forgotten, sensational gothic novel set in New York's West Village back...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Winthrop, Theodore, 1828-1861 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • A Note on the Fales Library
  • Introduction: Peculiar Tendernesses: Cecil Dreeme and the Queer Nineteenth Century
  • Biographical Sketch of the Author: From the Original 1861 Edition
  • 1. Stillfleet and His News
  • 2. Chrysalis College
  • 3. Rubbish Palace
  • 4. The Palace and Its Neighbors
  • 5. Churm against Densdeth
  • 6. Churm as Cassandra
  • 7. Churm's Story
  • 8. Clara Denman, Dead
  • 9. Locksley's Scare
  • 10. Overhead, Without
  • 11. Overhead, Within
  • 12. Dreeme, Asleep
  • 13. Dreeme, Awake
  • 14. A Mild Orgie
  • 15. A Morning with Densdeth
  • 16. Emma Denman
  • 17. A Morning with Cecil Dreeme
  • 18. Another Cassandra
  • 19. Can This Be Love?
  • 20. A Nocturne
  • 21. Lydian Measures
  • 22. A Laugh and a Look
  • 23. A Parting
  • 24. Fame Awaits Dreeme
  • 25. Churm before Dreeme's Picture
  • 26. Towner
  • 27. Raleigh's Revolt
  • 28. Densdeth's Farewell
  • 29. Dreeme His Own Interpreter
  • 30. Densdeth's Dark Room
  • About the Author