Noble Lives: Biographical Portraits of Three Remarkable Gay Men--Glenway Wescott, Aaron Copland, and Dag HammarskjöldHarrington Park Press, 2005 - 158 páginas Learn the cost of being gay (or perceived as gay) for three historical figures Noble Lives examines how sexual orientation affected the careers of two historical figures generally accepted as gay, and a third whose sexual identity was in constant question during his lifetime. This unique book features comprehensive biographical accounts of Jazz Age author Glenway Wescott, Academy Award-winning composer Aaron Copland, and Nobel Peace Laureate Dag Hammarskjöld, addressing the relationship between their sexuality and their achievements in literature, the social sciences, musical composition, diplomacy, and global politics. Noble Lives is the first English-language text to thoroughly—and objectively—explore the troubled sexuality of Sweden's Hammarskjöld, the former Secretary-General of the United Nations. Noble Lives is a colorful and concise read that puts a historical perspective on the public and private lives of three important twentieth-century figures:
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... composer of the Pulitzer Prize - winning Appa- lachian Spring , was a man of principle and heart , a man whom a friend and former lover once described as among " the dearest , kind- est , most thoughtful and fundamentally good human ...
... composer of the Pulitzer Prize - winning Appa- lachian Spring , was a man of principle and heart , a man whom a friend and former lover once described as among " the dearest , kind- est , most thoughtful and fundamentally good human ...
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... composer , serious enough to warrant mention , or perhaps he was simply trying to be polite by keeping his opinion ... composer's name on a list of ten artists he considered " worthy to represent American culture to European nations ...
... composer , serious enough to warrant mention , or perhaps he was simply trying to be polite by keeping his opinion ... composer's name on a list of ten artists he considered " worthy to represent American culture to European nations ...
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... composer was to be interrogated about his purported Communist links . Copland responded by dispatching two impassioned letters declar- ing his innocence , one to President Eisenhower and the other to Sena- tor McCarthy himself . In them ...
... composer was to be interrogated about his purported Communist links . Copland responded by dispatching two impassioned letters declar- ing his innocence , one to President Eisenhower and the other to Sena- tor McCarthy himself . In them ...
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Introduction | 45 |
The Musicalization of Americana | 53 |
Populist | 59 |
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