{"first_publish_date": "1990", "title": "Epistemology of the closet", "covers": [4032355], "lc_classifications": ["PS374.H63 S42 1990"], "subject_people": ["Herman Melville (1819-1891)", "Marcel Proust (1871-1922)", "Henry James (1843-1916)", "Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)", "Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900)"], "key": "/works/OL2007273W", "authors": [{"author": {"key": "/authors/OL241812A"}, "type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}}], "subject_times": ["20th century", "19th century"], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "subjects": ["History and criticism", "Criticism and interpretation", "Theory", "Gay men in literature", "Homosexuality and literature", "American fiction", "Gays' writings", "Male authors", "Fiction", "Gay men's writings", "Men authors", "Homosexuality in literature", "Homosexualitat <Motiv>", "Roman", "open_syllabus_project", "Literatur", "Homosexualit\u00e4t", "Melville, herman, 1819-1891", "James, henry, 1843-1916", "Wilde, oscar, 1854-1900", "Proust, marcel, 1871-1922", "Nietzsche, friedrich wilhelm, 1844-1900", "American fiction, history and criticism", "American fiction, history and criticism, 19th century", "Histoire et critique", "Homosexualit\u00e9 dans la litt\u00e9rature", "Homoseksualiteit", "Letterkunde", "\u00c9crits d'homosexuels masculins", "Th\u00e9orie", "\u00c9crits d'hommes", "Homosexualit\u00e9 et litt\u00e9rature", "Homosexuels masculins dans la litt\u00e9rature", "Geschlechtsidentit\u00e4t", "Kulturelles System", "Billy Budd (Melville, Herman)", "\u00c0 la recherche du temps perdu (Proust, Marcel)", "LGBTQ", "Queer", "Queer theory", "LGBTQ HIV/AIDS", "LGBTQ queer theory", "Melville, herman , 1819-1891", "Criticism and interpretationjames, henry , 1843-1916", "Criticism and interpretationwilde, oscar , 1854-1900", "Proust, marcel , 1871-1922", "Nietzsche, friedrich wilhelm , 1844-1900", "American fiction--male authors--history and criticism", "Gays' writings--history and criticism--theory, etc", "Gay men's writings--history and criticism", "Fiction--history and criticism", "Fiction--19th century--history and criticism", "Fiction--20th century--history and criticism", "Ps374.h63 s42 2008", "823.809353", "Homosexuality", "Philosophy"], "description": "Working from classic texts of European and American writers\u2015including Melville, James, Nietzsche, Proust, and Wilde\u2015Sedgwick analyzes a turn-of-the-century historical moment in which sexual orientation became as important a demarcation of personhood as gender had been for centuries. In her preface to this updated edition Sedgwick places the book both personally and historically, looking specifically at the horror of the first wave of the AIDS epidemic and its influence on the text.", "latest_revision": 19, "revision": 19, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-12-09T22:42:13.165518"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-03-29T06:21:02.039766"}}