A key text in the history of gay literature, "Wings" was published
in 1906 to the scandalized reaction of contemporary society and the
generations which followed. Its central theme of aestheticized
sensuality has drawn comparisons with the work of contemporaries
Oscar Wilde and Andre Gide. The young Vanya Smurov is deeply
attached to his mentor, Dr. Larion Stroop, and to the world of
Renaissance art which the latter reveals to him. Initially appalled
by the sudden discovery of Stroop's homosexual leanings, Vanya
abandons him to pursue a "normal" heterosexual existence. In turn
disgusted by ensuing encounters, he returns to Dr. Stroop and
accompanies him to Italy where he begins his real education--both
in the world of art, and that of hedonism.
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