Queer Angels in Post-1945 American Literature and Culture

From Allen Ginsberg''s ''angel-headed hipsters'' to angelic outlaws in Essex Hemphill''s Conditions, angelic imagery is pervasive in queer American art and culture. This book examines how the period after 1945 expanded a unique mixture of sacred and profane angelic imagery in American literature and culture to fashion queer characters, primarily gay men, as embodiments of ''bad beatitudes''.


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