Cecil Dreeme
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.32 (734 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1354804686 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 276 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Historic and slightly gothic Jim Provenzano What as odd little gem this is. A republished novel from 1861, it tells of Robert Byng and his reentry into American life, specifically lower Manhattan. He sublets a room in the early buildings of a fictional version of NYU, where he meets a near-death painter, Cecil Dreeme, After Byng and his colleagues nurse the artist back to health, they socialize and gather to ruminate frequently about their mutual nemesis, Densdeth. Although accused of being responsible for the death of his young bride, and having swindled her father in business investments, Densdeth's "evil" nature is more often discussed than shown.Byng's fascination and infatua. Donald M. Smith said It's interesting from a historical point of view, both. It's interesting from a historical point of view, both the picture of gay feelings and life in mid-19th century America and also for its similarity to many novels of the time: Gothic elements, the Romantic hero, comic Dickensian "low" characters, high culture vocabulary, Victorian manners. I'm only halfway through, so thee may be some surprises to come.
“A story of treachery and tenderness, Cecil Dreeme describes the spiritual struggles of an impressionable young American returned from Europe to the all-male haunts of lower Manhattan. Peter Coviello’s lively introduction describes the ambiguous pleasures of ardent comradeship in a shifting erotic and political landscape.”-Heather Love,author of Feeling Backward: Loss and the Politics of Queer History“Cecil Dreeme defies easy categorization. This beguiling literary treasure provides us all with material for queer pleasure and pedagogy.”-Lisa Duggan,New York University"Cecil Dreeme is remarkable, compelling, and completely unclassifiableThis prophetic and rich novel whose very existence must be seen as surprising against the backdrop of 21st century skepticism as to the possibility of 'gay' literature in pre-modern
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Cecil Dreeme is a semi-autobiographical novel, set in Washington Square and at the New York University Building where Winthrop had once been a lodger. . Theodore Winthrop (1828 1861) was a lawyer, writer, and world traveler. He is also the author of the novels John Brent and Edwin Brothertoft and the travel narratives The Canoe and the Saddle and Life in the Open Air