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(New York): Avon, 1980. First printing. Very good plus.. First edition of the first conscientiously gay gothic romance: meditative, otherworldly, intimate, and allusive. Gay novels with gothic and horror elements began to appear in the American market primarily in the 1970s, with Don Holliday's THREE ON A BROOMSTICK (1967) considered the earliest. But Virga departed from these publications in seeking to write squarely within the established conventions of romance. GAYWYCK looked to recreate the style and atmosphere of time-stamped classics like JANE EYRE, WUTHERING HEIGHTS, and REBECCA. The conscious imitation of, and allusions to, canonical gothics was part of a larger goal Virga hoped to accomplish in GAYWYCK: making space for gay romance by using, and essentially subverting, the same structures and conventions of heteronormative romance. As described by Virga, "It was my intention to write a novel in a genre I loved with gay characters in order to show that genres know no gender. Gaywyck is a…
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- Title Gaywyck
- Author Vincent Virga
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Avon Printin
- Publisher Avon Books, New York
- Date April 1986
- ISBN 9780380758203
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GAYWYCK
by Virga, Vincent
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- First printing
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780380758203 / 0380758202
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