Dying Protagonists in Two Gay Southern Novels: Randall Kenan’s A Visitation of Spirits and Jim Grimsley’s Dream Boy

The present article explores two southern novels, Randall Kenan’s A Visitation of Spirits (1989) and Jim Grimsley’s Dream Boy (1995). These two novels are at first sight a deviation from the contemporary tradition of coming-out (i.e., gay coming-of-age) novels, as their teenage protagonists do not...

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Main Author: Roman Trušník
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Pardubice 2014-12-01
Series:American and British Studies Annual
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Online Access:https://absa.upce.cz/index.php/absa/article/view/2248