Is Marlowe a Racist?

[kelber at mindspring.com]

It's not as if there were a lot of heterosexual, openly pro-gay writers in the US at the time.  Can anyone name one?  You can't really attack someone for being a product of their times.

Laura


>> On the question of Marlowe's homophobia, Widdecombe discusses the
>> possibility that Marlowe is in fact himself gay. He ultimately doesn't
>> seem to reach any conclusions, except to say that Chandler himself
>> seems uncertain of his attitude towards homosexuals.
>>
>> http://books.google.com/books?id=1-WNd4rL9YoC&pg=PP1&dq=A+reader%27s+guide+to+Raymond+Chandler#v=onepage&q=&f=false
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