{"product_id":"a-scarlet-pansy-paperback-softback-9781531511906","title":"A Scarlet Pansy (Paperback \/ softback) 9781531511906","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Scarlet Pansy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Scully (Author), Robert J. Corber (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781531511906\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 7 October 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.308 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A dizzying mix of low camp and high drama, \u003ci\u003eA Scarlet Pansy\u003c\/i\u003e is at once laugh-out-loud funny, startling, odd, and ultimately - through the lens of our queer world today - very moving. Robert J. Corber’s insightful and astute Introduction places the novel in a clear historical context while continually highlighting the emotional power and the camp glory of the novel and the erotic adventures of its\u003cbr\u003ehero\/heroine, Fay Etrange.\" - Michael Bronski, author of \u003ci\u003eA Queer History of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Scarlet Pansy\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for scholars and fans of Anglo-American queer literature . . . To mix metaphors, this forgotten flower is quite a little gem, and Corber’s editorial efforts are worthy of readers’ deepest thanks and praise.\" - \u003ci\u003eAmerican Literary History\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Scarlet Pansy\u003c\/i\u003e makes an important queer intervention in the historical record of how to be gay. It is a great pleasure to be brought out into pre-Stonewall gay culture along with the protagonist, and to see this combination of camp and sex.\" - Nicholas de Villiers, University of North Florida\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Scarlet Pansy\u003c\/i\u003e is a queer romp of a read. . . Corber’s Introduction is excellent on the nuanced presentation of gender and sexuality in the novel, and he is especially good at locating the text alongside a range of other, more familiar queer novels and writers, from Wilde and Radclyffe Hall to Charles Henri Ford and Parker Tyler.\" - \u003ci\u003eModern Language Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Fordham University Press deserves our gratitude for making available the original 1932 version of \u003ci\u003eA Scarlet Pansy\u003c\/i\u003e. . . Editor Robert J.Corber stresses in his introduction the novel's importance for both transgender and gay literature.\" - \u003ci\u003eGay \u0026amp; Lesbian Review Worldwide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe astonishing tale of Fay Etrange - republished in its original unexpurgated form \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1932, \u003ci\u003eA Scarlet Pansy \u003c\/i\u003eis an extraordinarily vivid and richly textured depiction of American queer life in the early twentieth century, tracing the coming-of-age of androgynous Fay Etrange. Born in small-town Pennsylvania and struggling with her difference, Fay eventually accepts her gender and sexual nonconformity and immerses herself in the fairy subculture of New York City. A self-proclaimed \"oncer\" - never tricking with same man twice - she immerses herself in the nightclubs, theaters, and street life of the city, cavorting with kindred spirits including female impersonators, streetwalkers, and hustlers as well as other fairies and connoisseurs of rough trade. While revelling in these exploits she becomes a successful banker and later attends medical school, where she receives training in obstetrics. There she also develops her life’s ambition to find a cure for gonorrhea, a disease supposedly \"fastened on mankind as a penalty for enjoying love.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Scarlet Pansy \u003c\/i\u003estands apart from similar fiction of its time - as well as that of the ensuing decades—by celebrating rather than pathologizing its effeminate and sexually adventurous protago­nist. In this edition, republished in its original unexpurgated form, Robert J. Corber examines the way in which it flew in the face of other literature of the time in its treatment of gender expression and same-sex desire. He places the novel squarely within its social and cultural context of nearly a century ago. Much more than an artifact, \u003ci\u003eA Scarlet Pansy \u003c\/i\u003eremains a uniquely delightful and penetrating work of literature, resonating as much with present-day culture as it is illuminating of our understanding of queer history and challenging our notions of what makes a man a woman, and vice-versa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface \u003c\/i\u003e  ix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRecovering \u003ci\u003eA Scarlet Pansy\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e An Introduction, by Robert J. Corber   1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Note on the Text \u003c\/i\u003e  25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e   27\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Scarlet Pansy\u003c\/i\u003e by Robert Scully\u003c\/b\u003e   29\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"New York ReLit","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52619269800216,"sku":"9781531511906","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-scarlet-pansy-paperback-softback-9781531511906","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}