Dewey Decimal306.76/62/0973
Table Of ContentLove Stories in Brief Part I: Searching for Words 1. No Two Men Were Ever More Intimate 2. Dear Beloved Trio 3. A Gentle Angel Entered Part II: Making Monsters 4. Already Do the Beastly Sodomites of Gotham Quake 5. Abominable and Detestable Crimes 6. The Man Monster Part III: Coming Together, Coming to Terms 7. Voices of Sexes and Lusts 8. Sincere Friends 9. A Major Fell in Love with a Boy 10. I Got the Boys 11. Yes, I Will Talk of Walt 12. In the Name of CALAMUS Listen to Me! 13. A Heart Full of Love and Longing 14. Empty Chair, Empty Bed, Empty House 15. I Wish You Would Put the Ring on My Finger Again Part IV: Going Public 16. He Cannot Be Oblivious of Its Plainer Meanings 17. Wild with Passion 18. I Cannot Get Quite to the Bottom of Calamus 19. Ardent and Physical Intimacies 20. Men Given to Unnatural Practices 21. To Unite for Defense 22. A Natural, Pure, and Sound Passion 23. Abnormal Passion 24. A Much More Intimate Communion Sex and Affection between Men--Then and Now Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisIn Love Stories , Jonathan Ned Katz presents stories of men's intimacies with men during the nineteenth century-including those of Abraham Lincoln-drawing flesh-and-blood portraits of intimate friendships and the ways in which men struggled to name, define, and defend their sexual feelings for one another. In a world before "gay" and "straight" referred to sexuality, men like Walt Whitman and John Addington Symonds created new ways to name and conceive of their erotic relationships with other men. Katz, diving into history through diaries, letters, newspapers, and poems, offers us a clearer picture than ever before of how men navigated the uncharted territory of male-male desire., In Love Stories , Jonathan Ned Katz presents stories of men's intimacies with men during the nineteenth century--including those of Abraham Lincoln--drawing flesh-and-blood portraits of intimate friendships and the ways in which men struggled to name, define, and defend their sexual feelings for one another. In a world before "gay" and "straight" referred to sexuality, men like Walt Whitman and John Addington Symonds created new ways to name and conceive of their erotic relationships with other men. Katz, diving into history through diaries, letters, newspapers, and poems, offers us a clearer picture than ever before of how men navigated the uncharted territory of male-male desire.