04083nam 2200757 a 450 991045095960332120200520144314.00-231-50383-010.7312/berg13050(CKB)1000000000445309(EBL)909253(OCoLC)213305123(SSID)ssj0000267639(PQKBManifestationID)11222088(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000267639(PQKBWorkID)10209423(PQKB)11583656(MiAaPQ)EBC909253(DE-B1597)458655(OCoLC)1002243062(DE-B1597)9780231503839(Au-PeEL)EBL909253(CaPaEBR)ebr10183498(EXLCZ)99100000000044530920031105d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe violet hour[electronic resource] the Violet Quill and the making of gay culture /David BergmanNew York Columbia University Pressc20041 online resource (329 p.)Between men--between womenDescription based upon print version of record.0-231-13051-1 0-231-13050-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-288) and index.Front matter --Contents --Preface --Acknowledgments --Abbreviations --1. These Shrieking Violets --2. Gay Writing Before the Violet Quill --3. Two Journeys --4. Race and the Violet Quill --5. Beauty and the Beach --6. Love and Sex --7. AIDS --Works cited --Chronology --Index --Back matterThe members of the literary circle known as the Violet Quill-Andrew Holleran, Felice Picano, Edmund White, Christopher Cox, Michael Grumley, Robert Ferro, and George Whitmore-collectively represent the aspirations and the achievement of gay writing during and after the gay liberation movement. David Bergman's social history shows how the works of these authors reflected, advanced, and criticized the values, principles, and prejudices of the culture of gay liberation. In spinning many of the most important stories gay men told of themselves in the short period between the 1969 Stonewall Riots and the devastation of the AIDS epidemic during the 1980's, the Violet Quill exerted an enormous influence on gay culture. The death toll of the AIDS epidemic, including four of the Violet Quill's seven members, has made putting such recent events into a historical context all the more important and difficult. The work of the Violet Quill expresses the joy, suffering, grief, hope, activism, and caregiving of their generation. The Violet Hour meets the urgent need for a history of the men who bore witness not only to the birth but also to the decimation of a culture.Between men--between women.Gay men's writings, AmericanHistory and criticismHomosexuality and literatureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAmerican literatureNew York (State)New YorkHistory and criticismAmerican literature20th centuryHistory and criticismGay menUnited StatesIntellectual lifeViolet Quill (Group of writers)Gay men in literatureNew York (N.Y.)Intellectual life20th centuryElectronic books.Gay men's writings, AmericanHistory and criticism.Homosexuality and literatureHistoryAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.American literatureHistory and criticism.Gay menIntellectual life.Violet Quill (Group of writers)Gay men in literature.810.9/9206642Bergman David1950-906135MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450959603321The violet hour2448869UNINA