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Marcel Proust’s First Poem, ‘Pederasty,’ Shows Him Struggling With Homosexuality

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‘Pederasty,’ newly translated and collected in the most complete volume of his poetry to date, shows him struggling with his homosexual urges.

Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust
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Marcel Proust

Marcel Proust

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