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‘The responsibilities of the critic’ F.O. Matthiessen's homosexual palimpsest

Pages 261-282 | Published online: 05 Jun 2009

Notes

  • Eakins , Thomas . “The Swimming Hole,” which immediately precedes the discussion of homosexuality at sea, and curiously, is placed directly after a section entitled “Autobiography and Art” . 398 – 399 .
  • Matthiessen , Although . “Eakins errs just a little, just a little‐a little—in the direction of the flesh” . 604

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