Unspeakable : a life beyond sexual morality / Rachel Hope Cleves.
| Author/creator |
Cleves, Rachel Hope, 1975- author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020. |
| Copyright Notice | ©2020 |
| Description | 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
Click here for more information about this title
| Contents | Part I. George Norman Douglass -- Crocodiles -- Lizards -- Annetta and Michele -- Elsa -- Capri -- Reflection I -- Part II. Norman Douglas -- Norman Douglas -- London Street Games -- Keeping Faith -- Alone -- Together -- Reflection II -- Part III. Uncle Norman -- The Pederastic Congress -- A Hymn to Copulation -- Diavolo Incarnato -- Epicurus -- Moving Along -- Reflection III -- Part IV. Heraclitus -- On the Run -- England Is a Nightmare -- Footnote to Capri -- Omnes Eodem Cogimur -- Pinorman versus Grand Man -- Looking Back -- Reflection IV |
| Abstract | "In this unnerving biography of Norman Douglas, a prolific British novelist, travel writer, and an undisguised and unrepentant pedophile, Rachel Hope Cleves grapples-at length and with feeling-with the interrelated questions of how to write the biography of a repulsive man and why. She focuses less on defining who Douglas was than on why Douglas seems so monstrous to us when he often did not to those who knew and (yes) loved him. Cleves does more than sketch the conditions and influence of Douglas's life and work; she probes how changing social norms affect our aesthetic and moral assessments"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 2020020769 |
| ISBN | 9780226733531 hardcover |
| ISBN | 022673353X hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR6007 .O88 Z598 2020 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |