Difference between revisions of "Wilde, Whitman, and the Gay Literary Style"
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'''''"His purple interludes are at once reminiscent of Oscar Wild and Frank Harris. He is not, of course as Wilde as Oscar but neither is he, on the other hand, as Frank as Harris, though if sufficiently Harrised he might go Wilde."'''''<ref>Merle Bacbain to Leo Adams, July 12, 1930. Leo Adams Papers, New York Public Library (hereafter cited by name and date only)/</ref> | '''''"His purple interludes are at once reminiscent of Oscar Wild and Frank Harris. He is not, of course as Wilde as Oscar but neither is he, on the other hand, as Frank as Harris, though if sufficiently Harrised he might go Wilde."'''''<ref>Merle Bacbain to Leo Adams, July 12, 1930. Leo Adams Papers, New York Public Library (hereafter cited by name and date only)/</ref> | ||
| − | '''''"A little Whitman goes a long way with me."''''' <ref>Leo Adams to Merle Macbain, April 9, 1944</ref> <comments /> | + | |
| + | '''''"A little Whitman goes a long way with me."''''' <ref>Leo Adams to Merle Macbain, April 9, 1944</ref> | ||
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| + | Back to [[Leo Adams: A Gay Life in Letters, 1928–1952]] | ||
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Revision as of 22:14, 10 May 2011
"His purple interludes are at once reminiscent of Oscar Wild and Frank Harris. He is not, of course as Wilde as Oscar but neither is he, on the other hand, as Frank as Harris, though if sufficiently Harrised he might go Wilde."[1]
"A little Whitman goes a long way with me." [2]
Notes
Back to Leo Adams: A Gay Life in Letters, 1928–1952
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