TY - BOOK AU - Potvin,John TI - Bachelors of a different sort: queer aesthetics, material culture and the modern interior in Britain T2 - Studies in design SN - 9780719084997 AV - NK2043 P859 B 2014 KW - Gower, Ronald Sutherland, KW - Ricketts, Charles S., KW - Shannon, Charles, KW - Wilde, Oscar, KW - Taylor, Alfred Waterhouse Somerset, KW - Warren, Edward Perry, KW - Morris, Cedric, KW - Haines, Arthur Lett, KW - Coward, Noel, KW - Beaton, Cecil, KW - Gay men KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - 19th century KW - 20th century KW - Bachelors KW - Interior decoration KW - Homosexuality KW - history KW - Creativity N1 - 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; YT2025 M09 ER -