Potvin, John, <br/><br/>
Bachelors of a different sort :  queer aesthetics, material culture and the modern interior in Britain / 
John Potvin. 
 - 311 p :  ill 
 - Studies in design .
<br/><br/>1. Men of a different sort: the seven deadly sins of the modern bachelor -- I. Wilde Spaces: 2.`God Save the Queen': Lord Gower, idolatry and the cult of the bric-à-brac diva; 3. Vale(d) decadence: Charles Ricketts, Charles Shannon and the Wilde factor -- II. Country Living: 4. Askesis and the Greek ideal: Edward Perry Warren and Lewes House; 5. Of art and irises: Cedric Morris, Arthur Lett-Haines and the decorative ideal -- III. Stage Design for Living: 6. Coward in the room: interwar glamour and the performances of a queer modernity; 7. Cecil Beaton: artifice as resistance; 8. Conclusion: manifesto for a queer home of One's own. HKBU library 
<br/><br/> YT2025 M09 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780719084997 0719084997 9781784991098 1784991090 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Gower, Ronald Sutherland, Lord,  1845-1916 --Homes and haunts.<br/>Ricketts, Charles S., 1866-1931 --Homes and haunts.<br/>Shannon, Charles, 1863-1937 --Homes and haunts.<br/>Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 --Homes and haunts.<br/>Taylor, Alfred Waterhouse Somerset, approximately 1852- --Homes and haunts.<br/>Warren, Edward Perry, 1860-1928 --Homes and haunts.<br/>Morris, Cedric, 1889-1982 --Homes and haunts.<br/>Haines, Arthur Lett, 1894-1978 --Homes and haunts.<br/>Coward, Noel, 1899-1973 --Homes and haunts.<br/>Beaton, Cecil, 1904-1980 --Homes and haunts.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gay men--History--Great Britain--19th century.<br/>Gay men--History--Great Britain--20th century.<br/>Bachelors--History.--Great Britain<br/>Interior decoration--History--Great Britain--19th century.<br/>Interior decoration--History--Great Britain--20th century.<br/>Homosexuality--history.<br/>Creativity--history.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Great Britain.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>NK2043  / P859 B 2014