Word: havelock
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...almost every chapter, an excerpt from a famous or important primary source is quoted. Sections of Havelock Ellis'Sexual Inversion, for example, explain the methods of the famed "sexologist." The unsettling passage from E.M. Forster's Maurice in which a troubled young man confesses his homosexuality to a dismissive, unsympathtic doctor sticks in the mind of the reader. While the use of primary sources in historical works is certainly not an original method, reading what intellectuals had to say about the gay experience of their era is invaluable to the reader's understanding...
Julie Zikherman (Fergus's fantasy woman/ summer theatre director Ellen), Lilja - Gretarsdottir (Madeleine's friend Jane) and Bruce Havelock (actor Eric), had roles in only the dream sequences. Zikherman wasn't expressive or endearing in her role as Ellen and gave little definition to her role as the dream dancer. Havelock had very little to do. But Gretarsdottir was solid in executing the role of the plain-speaking and overtly caring friend Jane...