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Vicious and immoral : homosexuality, the American Revolution, and the trials of Robert Newburgh
Title
Vicious and immoral : homosexuality, the American Revolution, and the trials of Robert Newburgh / John Gilbert McCurdy.
ISBN
9781421448534
142144853X
Publication
Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024.
Copyright Notice Date
©2024.
Physical Description
xiv, 360 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cm.
Summary
"On the eve of the American Revolution, the British army considered the case of a chaplain, Robert Newburgh, who had been accused of having sex with a man. Newburgh's enemies cited his flamboyant appearance, defiance of military authority, and seduction of soldiers as proof of low character. Consumed by fears that the British Empire would be torn asunder, his opponents claimed that these supposed crimes against nature translated to crimes against the king. In VICIOUS AND IMMORAL, historian John Gilbert McCurdy tells this compelling story of male intimacy and provides an unparalleled glimpse inside eighteenth-century perceptions of queerness"--Front jacket flap.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 31, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-343) and index.
Contents
Prologue: the parson is a buggerer
A native of Ireland
The happy state of the Royal Irish
Mr. Newburgh would cruise up his gut
A man of infamous character
Assisted privately by some miscreant
A patriotick American
The advocate of an injured man
What is now termed a maccaroni
Nil humanum a me alienum puto
Many circumstances have happened
Epilogue: I imagined all those old prejudices were exploded.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Nonfiction novels.
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