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The American Byron: Homosexuality and the Fall of Fitz-Greene Halleck - Softcover

University Of Wisconsin Press

 
9780299168049: The American Byron: Homosexuality and the Fall of Fitz-Greene Halleck

Synopsis

Hailed in the mid-19th century as the most important American poet of the period, Fitz-Greene Halleck was dubbed ""the American Byron"" and had a large general readership despite his work's infusion of homosexual themes. This biography portrays him as a prophet of the literary and sexual revolution.

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About the Author

John W. M. Hallock lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has been a lecturer at Temple University, where he earned his Ph.D. in English, and is the author of several articles on nineteenth-century literature.

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