William Pencak is a professor of history at the Pennsylvania State University and co-editor of the essay collection Paul Robeson: Essays on His Life and Legacy (2002). He lives in State College, Pennsylvania.

• Table of ContentsPreface     Introduction     Akenaten: A Queer Pharaoh?     The Garden: The Relevance of a Queer Jesus     Sebastiane: Early Christianity and the Roman Empire     Edward II: From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance     Caravaggio and the Italian Renaissance     The Angelic Conversation: Queer Dee and Shakespeare?     The Tempest: From the Renaissance to the Present     Wittgenstein: The Grey Flame and the Early Twentieth Century     War Requiem: The Long Shadow of the Great War     Jubilee without John Dee? Modern Times     The Last of England: Modern Times Revisited     Neutron and Sod ’Em: Possible Futures     Blue: “Our Time Is the Passing of a Shadow”     Afterword: Imagining October     Appendix: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Jarman’s Predecessor     Notes     Works Cited     Principal Films Discussed     Index

“recommended”—Choice; “an excellent, stimulating book...every nook and cranny is worth exploring”—Film & History.

William Pencak is a professor of history at the Pennsylvania State University and co-editor of the essay collection Paul Robeson: Essays on His Life and Legacy (2002). He lives in State College, Pennsylvania.

• Table of ContentsPreface     Introduction     Akenaten: A Queer Pharaoh?     The Garden: The Relevance of a Queer Jesus     Sebastiane: Early Christianity and the Roman Empire     Edward II: From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance     Caravaggio and the Italian Renaissance     The Angelic Conversation: Queer Dee and Shakespeare?     The Tempest: From the Renaissance to the Present     Wittgenstein: The Grey Flame and the Early Twentieth Century     War Requiem: The Long Shadow of the Great War     Jubilee without John Dee? Modern Times     The Last of England: Modern Times Revisited     Neutron and Sod ’Em: Possible Futures     Blue: “Our Time Is the Passing of a Shadow”     Afterword: Imagining October     Appendix: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Jarman’s Predecessor     Notes     Works Cited     Principal Films Discussed     Index

“recommended”—Choice; “an excellent, stimulating book...every nook and cranny is worth exploring”—Film & History.

William Pencak is a professor of history at the Pennsylvania State University and co-editor of the essay collection Paul Robeson: Essays on His Life and Legacy (2002). He lives in State College, Pennsylvania.

• Table of ContentsPreface     Introduction     Akenaten: A Queer Pharaoh?     The Garden: The Relevance of a Queer Jesus     Sebastiane: Early Christianity and the Roman Empire     Edward II: From the Middle Ages to the Renaissance     Caravaggio and the Italian Renaissance     The Angelic Conversation: Queer Dee and Shakespeare?     The Tempest: From the Renaissance to the Present     Wittgenstein: The Grey Flame and the Early Twentieth Century     War Requiem: The Long Shadow of the Great War     Jubilee without John Dee? Modern Times     The Last of England: Modern Times Revisited     Neutron and Sod ’Em: Possible Futures     Blue: “Our Time Is the Passing of a Shadow”     Afterword: Imagining October     Appendix: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Jarman’s Predecessor     Notes     Works Cited     Principal Films Discussed     Index

“recommended”—Choice; “an excellent, stimulating book...every nook and cranny is worth exploring”—Film & History.