Twilight of the Gods
John Henry Mackay'sDer Unschuldige
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3668952 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hubert C Kennedy (corresponding author), Hubert Kennedy |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 137-158 |
| Publication date | 1993-12-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j082v26n01_09 |
| PMID | 8113599 |
| OpenAlex | W1499626137 |
| Language | EN |
The writings of the Scotch-German John Henry Mackay are important for the early cultural history of the modern gay movement. This article recalls this unjustly neglected anarchist writer and advocate of man/boy love by tracing his biography and pointing out his contacts with others in the movement. His late novella Der Unschuldige is analyzed to show that Mackay has encoded homosexuality there in a unique and individual way
Art · Biography · German · Homosexuality · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Literature · Male Homosexuality · Novella · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Twilight · History · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |