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Auden’s Games of Knowledge : POETRY AND THE MEANINGS OF HOMOSEXUALITY Richard R. Bozorth Columbia University Press cagk$$0.qxd 5/10/01 14:14 Page i Auden’s Games of Knowledge between men ~ between women lillian faderman and larry gross, editors cagk$$0.qxd 5/10/01 14:14 Page ii This page intentionally left blank cagk$$0.qxd 5/10/01 14:14 Page iii Auden’s Games of Knowledge poetry and the meanings of homosexuality Richard R. Bozorth columbia university press new york cagk$$0.qxd 5/10/01 14:14 Page iv Columbia University Press Publishers Since 1893 New York Chichester, West Sussex Copyright © 2001Columbia University Press All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bozorth, Richard R. Auden’s games of knowledge : poetry and the meanings of homosexuality / Richard R. Bozorth. (Between men—between women) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–231–11352–8(cloth) ISBN 0–231–11353–6 (paper) 1. Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907–1973—Political and social views. 2. Homosexuality and literature—England—History–20th century. 3. Homo- sexuality, Male, in literature. 4. Gay men in literature. I. Bozorth, Richard R. II. Title. PR6001.U4 Z615 2001 811.52 dc21 Casebound editions of Columbia University Press books are printed on permanent and durable acid-free paper. Printed in the United States of America c 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 p 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 cagk$$0.qxd 5/10/01 14:14 Page v between men ~ between women lesbian and gay studies lillian faderman and larry gross, editors Advisory Board of Editors Claudia Card Terry Castle John D’Emilio Esther Newton Anne Peplau Eugene Rice Kendall Thomas Jeffrey Weeks between men ~ between women is a forum for current lesbian and gay scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. The series includes both books that rest within specific traditional disciplines and are substantially about gay men, bisexuals, or lesbians and books that are interdisciplinary in ways that reveal new insights into gay, bisexual, or lesbian experience, transform traditional disciplinary methods in consequence of the perspectives that experience provides, or begin to establish lesbian and gay studies as a freestanding inquiry. Established to contribute to an increased understanding of lesbians, bisexuals, and gay men, the series also aims to provide through that understanding a wider comprehension of culture in general. cagk$$0.qxd 5/10/01 14:14 Page vi This page intentionally left blank cagk$$0.qxd 5/10/01 14:14 Page vii for Kevin Gustafson cagk$$0.qxd 5/10/01 14:14 Page viii This page intentionally left blank cagk$$0.qxd 5/10/01 14:14 Page ix contents list of abbreviations xi acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 1. “But who would get it?”: Sexual Politics and Coterie Poetry 18 2. “The question is what do we mean by sex”: Diagnosis and Disorder 54 3. “Have you heard this one?”: Queer Revolution in Paid on Both Sides and The Orators 88 4. “What we see depends on who’s observing”: Politics and Authority in the 1930s 136 5. “Tell me the truth about love”: Confessional Lyric and Lovers’Discourse 174 6. “Just what Appearances He saves”: God and the Unspeakable 221 Afterword: Auden’s Biases—and Ours 253 notes 267 works cited 289 index of auden’s poem titles and first lines 299 index of subjects 305 copyright acknowledgments 337
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