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Balzac: A Biographyby Graham RobbISBN 0330320157 (0-330-32015-7)
Softcover, Macmillan Pub Ltd
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Balzac: A Lifeby Graham RobbISBN 0393036790 (0-393-03679-0)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Baudelaireby Graham RobbISBN 0241124581 (0-241-12458-1)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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The Discovery of Franceby Graham RobbISBN 033042761X (0-330-42761-X)
Softcover, Pan Macmillan
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Rimbaudby Graham RobbISBN 0330355422 (0-330-35542-2)
Softcover, Pan Macmillan
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Strangers: Homosexual Love in the 19th Centuryby Graham RobbISBN 0330482238 (0-330-48223-8)
Hardcover, Picador
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Strangers: Homosexual Love in the 19th Century'Book summary:A sweeping and compelling history of homosexuality in the nineteenth century, taking in both Europe and America. The three part work is divided up by theme. The first part deals with the treatment of homosexuals, both male and female, by the rest of society - from doctors to law-makers and mothers. Part two describes the lives and loves of gay men and women, and the beginnings of the early gay rights movement. And in the last part Robb writes on crucial aspects of gay culture, from high-brow to pornographic, from religious obssession to modern gay icons. This is not a sorry tale of prejudice and persecution. Rather, it is one of surprising tolerance, humour and entertainment; of a century that was almost a 'golden age' for gay culture. All is written with Robb's characteristic brilliance, balance and insight. It is a history for all readers of non-fiction, not for gay readers alone, emphasizing as it does the fruitful part that homosexuality has always played in our modern society. [via]
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Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Centuryby Graham RobbISBN 0330482246 (0-330-48224-6)
Hardcover, Pan Macmillan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Strangers : Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century'Book summary:A fresh examination of this forbidden history shows the profound effects of gay culture on modern life.
The nineteenth century was a golden age for those people known variously as sodomites, Uranians, monosexuals, and homosexuals. Long before Stonewall and Gay Pride, there was such a thing as gay culture, and it was recognized throughout Europe and America.
Graham Robb, brilliant biographer of Balzac, Hugo, and Rimbaud, examines how homosexuals were treated by society and finds a tale of surprising tolerance. He describes the lives of gay men and women: how they discovered their sexuality and accepted or disguised it; how they came out; how they made contact with like-minded people. He also includes a fascinating investigation of the encrypted homosexuality of such famous nineteenth-century sleuths as Edgar Allan Poe's Auguste Dupin and Sherlock Holmes himself (with glances forward in time to Batman and J. Edgar Hoover). Finally, Strangers addresses crucial questions of gay culture, including the riddle of its relationship to religion: Why were homosexuals created with feelings that the Creator supposedly condemns?
This is a landmark work, full of tolerant wisdom, fresh research, and surprises. 16 pages of illustrations. [via]
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The Toilers of the Seaby Victor Hugo, James Hogarth, Graham RobbISBN 0375761322 (0-375-76132-2)
Softcover, Modern Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Toilers of the Sea'Book summary:In 1855, fleeing political persecution, Victor Hugo found sanctuary on the Isle of Guernsey, among the most historic and picturesque of the Channel Islands. The legends and lore of the islands sparked Hugo's imagination, resulting in one of his most unusual works. Setting mythical, romantic, and social themes against a backdrop of memorable descriptions, The Toilers of the Sea is a novel of epic proportions, brought to light in a new Signet Classic edition. [via]
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Unlocking Mallarmeby Graham RobbISBN 0300064861 (0-300-06486-1)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Unlocking Mallarme'Book summary:Based on the observation that the French poet Mallarme repeatedly used the 100 or so words in the French language that have no rhyme, this work argues that Mallarme's poems make sense as allegorical tales of their own creation. [via]
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Victor Hugoby Graham RobbISBN 0330371452 (0-330-37145-2)
Hardcover, Pan Macmillan
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