Cecil Dreeme : : A Novel / / Theodore Winthrop.
An curious gem of 19th-century gothic fictionCecil Dreeme is one of the queerest American novels of the 19th century. This edition, which includes a new introduction contextualizing the sexual history of the period and queer longings of the book, brings a rare, almost forgotten, sensational gothic n...
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| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- A Note on the Fales Library
- Introduction: Peculiar Tendernesses: Cecil Dreeme and the Queer Nineteenth Century
- Biographical Sketch of the Author: From the Original 1861 Edition
- Cecil Dreeme
- 1. Stillfleet and His News
- 2. Chrysalis College
- 3. Rubbish Palace
- 4. The Palace and Its Neighbors
- 5. Churm against Densdeth
- 6. Churm as Cassandra
- 7. Churm’s Story
- 8. Clara Denman, Dead
- 9. Locksley’s Scare
- 10. Overhead, Without
- 11. Overhead, Within
- 12. Dreeme, Asleep
- 13. Dreeme, Awake
- 14. A Mild Orgie
- 15. A Morning with Densdeth
- 16. Emma Denman
- 17. A Morning with Cecil Dreeme
- 18. Another Cassandra
- 19. Can This Be Love?
- 20. A Nocturne
- 21. Lydian Measures
- 22. A Laugh and a Look
- 23. A Parting
- 24. Fame Awaits Dreeme
- 25. Churm before Dreeme’s Picture
- 26. Towner
- 27. Raleigh’s Revolt
- 28. Densdeth’s Farewell
- 29. Dreeme His Own Interpreter
- 30. Densdeth’s Dark Room
- About the Author