Crimson Letter Harvard Homosexuality American Culture Shand-Tucci St Martins LN
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Crimson Letter Harvard Homosexuality American Culture Shand-Tucci St Martins LN. The Crimson Letter follows the gay experience at Harvard in the 19th and 20th centuries — students, faculty, alumni, and hangers-on who struggled to find their place within Harvard Yard and in the society outside. Enlightening Minds · Harvard Cultural History & LGBTQ Studies · St. Martin's Press · 2003 Douglass Shand-Tucci · St. Martin's Press · 2003 HC / 2004 PB · Harvard Class of 1972 Walt Whitman · Oscar Wilde · Emerson · Harvard Yard · 19th–20th Century · Gay History ✦ Confirm HC (2003) or PB (2004) from back cover Like New / Unread ✦ HC ISBN 978-0-312198-96-1 (2003) · PB ISBN 978-0-312330-90-3 (2004) · Confirm from copy The Crimson Letter Harvard, Homosexuality, and the Shaping of American Culture · Douglass Shand-Tucci Douglass Shand-Tucci · Harvard Class of 1972 · St. Martin's Press / St. Martin's Griffin HC ISBN 978-0-312198-96-1 · 403 pp. · 2003 · PB ISBN 978-0-312330-90-3 · 432 pp. · 2004 ⚠ Confirm format from back cover before listing: FormatPublisherYearISBNPages HC (Hardcover) St. Martin's Press 2003 978-0-312198-96-1 403 PB (Paperback) St. Martin's Griffin 2004 978-0-312330-90-3 432 About This Book In a book deeply impressive in its reach, bestselling historian Douglass Shand-Tucci explores the nature and expression of sexual identity at America's oldest university during the years of its greatest influence. The Crimson Letter follows the gay experience at Harvard in the 19th and 20th centuries — students, faculty, alumni, and hangers-on who struggled to find their place within Harvard Yard and in the society outside. Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde were the two dominant archetypes: the robust praise-singer of American democracy versus the Oxbridge aesthete whose 1882 Harvard visit became part of the university's legend. Shand-Tucci explores how their tension shaped the gay experience at Harvard and in the country as a whole — its effect on symphonic music, football, set design, statecraft, poetic theory, and skyscrapers. Did You Know? The origin of The Crimson Letter was a speech Shand-Tucci (Harvard Class of 1972) gave to Harvard's Gay and Lesbian Caucus in 1997. The title echoes Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter — replacing the Puritan mark of sexual transgression with Harvard Crimson, arguing that American culture's simultaneous fascination with and repression of gay identity has been shaped by what happened (and was hidden) within Harvard's gates. Oscar Wilde's 1882 Harvard visit — received with enthusiasm and official discomfort — is one of many excavated episodes. Includes photos, notes, and index. Key Figures & Topics Walt Whitman Oscar Wilde at Harvard 1882 Ralph Waldo Emerson Harvard Yard · 19th–20th C. Whitmanic vs. Wildean Gay Sensibility & Culture Symphonic Music Architecture & Skyscrapers Harvard Gay & Lesbian Caucus About Douglass Shand-Tucci Douglass Shand-Tucci — bestselling historian; Harvard College Class of 1972; author of Boston Bohemia: Ralph Adams Cram, Life and Architecture and other works on Harvard and Boston architectural and cultural history; lives in Boston's Back Bay. The Crimson Letter originated as a 1997 speech to Harvard's Gay and Lesbian Caucus. 🏛️ Harvard's Hidden HistoryThe gay experience within Harvard Yard across the 19th and 20th centuries — students, faculty, alumni. 📚 Whitman vs. WildeTwo dominant archetypes — their tension shapes American cultural history from music to architecture. 🎭 Learned & LuridCombines scholarly rigor with scandal, tragedy, farce, and vindication — major cultural history. 📷 Photos, Notes & IndexFully documented with illustrations, scholarly notes, and index — St. Martin's Press production. Title The Crimson Letter: Harvard, Homosexuality, and the Shaping of American Culture Author Douglass Shand-Tucci Publisher St. Martin's Press (HC) / Griffin (PB) Format / Year ⚠ Confirm HC 2003 or PB 2004 ISBN HC 978-0-312198-96-1 · 403 pp. ISBN PB 978-0-312330-90-3 · 432 pp. Extras Photos · Notes · Index Condition Like New / Unread ✓ Condition — Like New / Unread Pages: clean, crisp, and unmarked throughout Binding: tight throughout Spine: uncreased No writing, underlining, or highlighting anywhere Cover: minimal handling/shelf wear — please see photos Sold as-is; all flaws fully disclosed — please see photos Ideal For LGBTQ History & Studies Harvard History & Culture American Cultural History Walt Whitman & Oscar Wilde Research 19th–20th Century Social History Boston & New England History St. Martin's Press Cultural Studies ENLIGHTENING MINDS · SAME OR NEXT BUSINESS DAY SHIPPING · ALL FLAWS DISCLOSED · QUESTIONS WELCOME
