Description
Book SynopsisSuitable for those working on gay and lesbian studies, American literature and culture, and twentieth century history, this book analyses texts produced by American gay men and lesbians in the first half of the twentieth century.
Trade Review“
Foundlings is a first-rate, innovative, and unprecedented work that will take the literary world by storm. Christopher Nealon proves himself here to be the very best of a new generation of queer theorists.”—Judith Butler
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Foundlings provides a new paradigm for thinking historically and theoretically about the longing for history within gay and lesbian texts. This is not just a stunning addition to queer historiography but also a challenge to the historicist turn in literary and cultural criticism.”—Bill Brown, author of
The Material Unconscious: American Amusement, Stephen Crane, and the Economies of PlayTable of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction: The Invert, the Foundling, and the “Member of the Tribe”
1. Hart Crane’s History
2. Feeling and Affiliation in Willa Cather
3. The Secret Public of Physique Culture
4. The Ambivalence of Lesbian Pulp Fiction
Conclusion: Contexts and Afterlives
Notes
References
Index
