Cecil Dreeme

by Theodore Winthrop

Book Overview

A curious gem of 19th-century gothic fiction

Cecil Dreeme is one of the queerest American novels of the 19th century. This edition, which includes a new introduction contextualizing the sexual history of the period and queer longings of the book, brings a rare, almost forgotten, sensational gothic novel set in New York's West Village back to light.

Published posthumously in 1861, the novel centers on Robert Byng, a young...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479855294
• ISBN13: 9781479855292
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.2"