Queer Angels in Post-1945 American Literature and Culture: Bad Beatitudes

by David Deutsch

Book Overview

From Allen Ginsberg's 'angel-headed hipsters' to angelic outlaws in Essex Hemphill's Conditions, angelic imagery is pervasive in queer American art and culture. This book examines how the period after 1945 expanded a unique mixture of sacred and profane angelic imagery in American literature and culture to fashion queer characters, primarily gay men, as embodiments of 'bad beatitudes'.

Deutsch explores how authors across diverse ethnic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350198994
• ISBN13: 9781350198999
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"