Strange Relations: Masculinity, Sexuality and Art in Mid-Century America

Remarkable . . . True poet-scholars, whose creative and critical concerns intimately connect, are rare indeed: Webb is slowly and carefully establishing an interesting niche for himself among rather distinguished company. He's a writer who can give expression to crisis and confusion, but who can also offer careful analysis and critique of the causes and consequences of our human pain . . . A thoroughly reasonable and entertaining book, with . . . convincing and moving portraits of the authors [and] clear, determined, detailed readings . . . The sheer confidence and energy of the assessments and pronouncements is refreshing