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Better Angel
''Better Angel'' is a novel by Forman Brown first published in 1933 under the pseudonym Richard Meeker. It was republished as ''Torment'' in 1951. It is an early novel which describes a gay lifestyle without condemning it. Christopher Carey called it "the first homosexual novel with a truly happy ending". The novel's title references Shakespeare's Sonnet 144: "the better angel is a man right fair", a poem which has been read as having a Sonnet 144#Homoeroticism in Sonnet 144, homosexual subtext. Publication history Brown's novel was published pseudonymously in 1933 and attracted little critical attention. Universal paperbacks re-published it 1951 under the title ''Torment''. The blurb on the cover read: "Is it evil for one man to lavish affection on another? Torn between the boy who cherished him and the girl who struggled for his love, Kurt Gray could not be sure." The ''Mattachine Review'' described Kurt as "perhaps the healthiest homosexual in print". Alyson Books, Alyson Publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forman Brown
Forman Brown (January 8, 1901 – January 10, 1996) was one of the world's leaders in puppet theatre in his day, as well as an important early gay novelist. He was a member of the Yale Puppeteers and the driving force behind Turnabout Theatre. He was born in Otsego, Michigan, in 1901 and died in 1996, two days after his 95th birthday. Brown briefly taught at North Carolina State College, followed by an extensive tour of Europe. Forman's Yale Puppeteers, which he established upon graduating from University of Michigan (class of 1922), opened a puppet theatre in Los Angeles in 1941 (the Turnabout Theater) that attracted celebrity attention and support from some of Hollywood's biggest names, e.g., Greta Garbo, Colleen Moore, Marie Dressler, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, as well as other notable figures including Albert Einstein and Aimee Semple McPherson. Brown wrote all the songs and sketches for the troupe's productions. Regular performers included Elsa Lanchester an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
