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David Bergman (1) (1950–)

Auteur de La bibliothèque qui brûle

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23+ oeuvres 1,397 utilisateurs 10 critiques

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David Bergman is professor of English at Towson State University and author of numerous books, including Cracking the Code, winner of the 1985 George Elliston Poetry Prize, and Men on Men 2000, winner of the 2001 Lambda Literary Award for Best Literary Anthology.
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Œuvres de David Bergman

La bibliothèque qui brûle (1994) — Directeur de publication — 286 exemplaires
The Violet Quill Reader: The Emergence of Gay Writing After Stonewall (1994) — Directeur de publication — 228 exemplaires
Men on Men 5: Best New Gay Fiction (1994) — Directeur de publication — 182 exemplaires
Men on Men 2000: Best New Gay Fiction for the Millennium (2000) — Directeur de publication — 150 exemplaires
Men on Men 7: Best New Gay Fiction (1998) — Directeur de publication; Introduction — 136 exemplaires
Men on Men 6: Best New Gay Fiction (1996) — Directeur de publication — 124 exemplaires
The Review of Contemporary Fiction (Fall 1996): Edmund White / Samuel R. Delany (1996) — Directeur de publication — 35 exemplaires
The Heath Guide to Literature (1984) 32 exemplaires
Heath Guide to Poetry (1983) 22 exemplaires
Heroic Measures (1998) 9 exemplaires

Oeuvres associées

Boys Like Us: Gay Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories (1996) — Contributeur — 396 exemplaires
Growing Up Gay/Growing Up Lesbian: A Literary Anthology (1993) — Contributeur — 285 exemplaires
Queer 13: Lesbian and Gay Writers Recall Seventh Grade (1998) — Contributeur — 184 exemplaires
Gay and Lesbian Poetry in Our Time (Stonewall Inn Editions) (1836) — Contributeur — 179 exemplaires
The Name of Love: Classic Gay Love Poems (1995) — Contributeur — 50 exemplaires
Found Tribe: Jewish Coming Out Stories (2015) — Contributeur — 50 exemplaires

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I was blown away by this collection of essays by Edmund White. The Burning Library. Writings on Art, Politics and Sexuality 1969 - 1993, edited by David Bergman, has been in my possession for a very long time before I came round to reading it this summer. It is no exaggeration to compare this collection of essays with the work of Susan Sontag.

First of all, White's essays cover a very broad field, extending to all the major writers of the Twentieth century. Through his familiarity with European culture, being able to read French, White has truly profound knowledge and understanding of French culture and writers with long essays on Roland Barthes, Michel Foucault, and Jean Genet. Then, too, Edmund White lived through most exciting times, witnessing the heights in the sexual liberation and emancipation of gay people between 1969 - 1993, as well as the lows during that period of the devastating AIDS epidemic. There are essays on Herve Guibert, Juan Goytisolo and Pier Paolo Pasolini.

Edmund White knew or met many of the people he writes about. They were all there in it: Christopher Isherwood, Robert Mapplethorp, Truman Capote, William Burroughs, and Tennessee Williams.

Besides essays dedicated to writers there are several comtemplative essays on movements or the period. All essays are fabulously well-researched, and very well-written, I would never have guessed from mainly knowing Edmund White as a novelist. However, it should be remembered that he started his career as a non-fiction writer.

Highly recommended!
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edwinbcn | 2 autres critiques | Aug 9, 2023 |
I love this wide-ranging selection of essays from the ubiquitous Edmund White's oeuvre. One can read about gay life and culture, literary commentary and criticism, and more in these entertaining and exemplary essays. Edmund White has a facility with prose that is among the best that I have encountered in my reading.
 
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jwhenderson | 2 autres critiques | Feb 20, 2023 |
This edition of the "Men on Men" anthology series includes some of my favorite authors: Alexander Chee, Jim Grimsley and Edmund White are present. With the other stories there is a range of topics from coming out to dealing with Aids and beyond. A worthy addition to this now venerable series.
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jwhenderson | 1 autre critique | Apr 27, 2022 |
anthropology, art, camp, cultural studies, essays, gay, lesbian, history, homosexuality, non-fiction, queer theory, queer studies, style, stylistics, performance, performance studies, politics, society and culture
 
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LGBTQCenter | Jun 30, 2018 |

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Œuvres
23
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6
Membres
1,397
Popularité
#18,397
Évaluation
½ 3.7
Critiques
10
ISBN
61
Langues
4

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