Read Dreadful: The Short Life and Gay Times of John Horne Burns

Dreadful: The Short Life and Gay Times of John Horne Burns

David Margolick

4.9/5 (13848 ratings)

Description:American author John Horne Burns (1916–1953) led a brief and controversial life, and as a writer, transformed many of his darkest experiences into literature. Burns was born in Massachusetts, graduated from Andover and Harvard, and went on to teach English at the Loomis School, a boarding school for boys in Windsor, Connecticut. During World War II, he was stationed in Africa and Italy, and worked mainly in military intelligence. His first novel, The Gallery (1947), based on his wartime experiences, is a critically acclaimed novel and one of the first to unflinchingly depict gay life in the military. The Gallery sold half a million copies upon publication, but never again would Burns receive that kind of critical or popular attention. Dreadful follows Burns, from his education at the best schools to his final years of drinking and depression in Italy. With intelligence and insight, David Margolick examines Burns’s moral ambivalence toward the behavior of American soldiers stationed with him in Naples, and the scandal surrounding his second novel, Lucifer with a Book , an unflattering portrayal of his experiences at Loomis.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Dreadful: The Short Life and Gay Times of John Horne Burns. To get started finding Dreadful: The Short Life and Gay Times of John Horne Burns, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 1590515714

Description: American author John Horne Burns (1916–1953) led a brief and controversial life, and as a writer, transformed many of his darkest experiences into literature. Burns was born in Massachusetts, graduated from Andover and Harvard, and went on to teach English at the Loomis School, a boarding school for boys in Windsor, Connecticut. During World War II, he was stationed in Africa and Italy, and worked mainly in military intelligence. His first novel, The Gallery (1947), based on his wartime experiences, is a critically acclaimed novel and one of the first to unflinchingly depict gay life in the military. The Gallery sold half a million copies upon publication, but never again would Burns receive that kind of critical or popular attention. Dreadful follows Burns, from his education at the best schools to his final years of drinking and depression in Italy. With intelligence and insight, David Margolick examines Burns’s moral ambivalence toward the behavior of American soldiers stationed with him in Naples, and the scandal surrounding his second novel, Lucifer with a Book , an unflattering portrayal of his experiences at Loomis.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Dreadful: The Short Life and Gay Times of John Horne Burns. To get started finding Dreadful: The Short Life and Gay Times of John Horne Burns, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Dreadful: The Short Life and Gay Times of John Horne Burns

Dreadful: The Short Life and Gay Times of John Horne Burns

More Books

Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock

Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock

The Promise and the Dream: The Untold Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. And Robert F. Kennedy

The Promise and the Dream: The Untold Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. And Robert F. Kennedy

Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Biography of a Song – The Essential History of Jazz, Lynching, and Civil Rights in America

Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Biography of a Song – The Essential History of Jazz, Lynching, and Civil Rights in America

A Predator Priest

A Predator Priest

Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling, and a World on the Brink

Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling, and a World on the Brink

[Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock] [By: Margolick, David] [September, 2012]

[Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock] [By: Margolick, David] [September, 2012]

Undue Influence: The Epic Battle for the Johnson & Johnson Fortune

Undue Influence: The Epic Battle for the Johnson & Johnson Fortune

When Caesar Was King: How Sid Caesar Reinvented American Comedy

When Caesar Was King: How Sid Caesar Reinvented American Comedy

livro elizabeth and hazel david margolick Ed. 2011

livro elizabeth and hazel david margolick Ed. 2011