This paper llects the mentary surroundg Robert Dunn’s 1944 say “The Homosexual Society” to velop an acunt of Dunn’s relatnship to New Narrative, a group of younger, mostly-gay poets. The first half of the say foc directly on Dunn’s posn of the say, his emendatns of 1959, his experienc wh the edor John Crowe Ransom, and Dunn’s portns of terviews wh gay poets throughout the 1970s that brought out new tails about “The Homosexual Society” say. The send half of the say nsirs how New Narrative wrers related to Dunn and his say, cludg a shared tert gossip. Drawg on the totaly of this archive, the say suggts two new them that n be drawn om “The Homosexual Society” for ntemporary rears: the ()mensurabily of race and sexualy and the rejectn of homo-fascism.
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In this say I look at the history of one of Dunn’s most important says, “The Homosexual Society, ” to show the explic and implic nnectns between Dunn and New Narrative. Both Boone and Glück wrote appreciatively about Dunn’s 1944 say, and their reflectns on “The Homosexual Society” suggt a shared spicn about gay separatism, inty polics, and the modifitn of (gay) culture.
3Throughout this say I e the ia of gossip to strs the rmal, ephemeral ti between Dunn and New Narrative, as well as the unrlyg threat of speakg of homosexualy.
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An unrstandg of homosexualy as a cultural iated paranoia and spicn about the proximy of those sexual outsirs who would be targeted by McCarthyism and the Hoe Un-Amerin Activi Commtee. 4“The Homosexual Society” is brief, surprisg, and plex, and Dunn returned to the say throughout his life, alternately clarifyg, refg, and pletely alterg the say’s arguments through footnot and terviews.