The Homoerotic Touch in the Rites of Death and Dying

"A little touch of Harry in the night."
--Shakespeare, King Henry V, IV.7


Text of the introductory material belongs here... this section will discuss

  • Whitman (how the Civil War provided opportunities for intimacy with men on the battlefield)
  • Emily Dickinson (her touching of deceased woman's body as a moment of intimacy), including "If I may have it, when it's dead," (FP 431)