Myra Breckinridge (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Gore Vidal
- First Published: 1968
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1968
- Setting: Hollywood
- Principal Characters: Myra Breckinridge, Buck Loner, Rusty Godowsky, Mary-Ann Pringle, Dr. Randolph Spenser Montag, Letitia Van Allen
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: 1960’s, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Acting or actors, Gay men, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Gender roles, California, West, U.S., Widows or widowers, Films, movies, or motion pictures, Hollywood, Filmmaking or filmmakers
- Locales: Hollywood, CA
The Story:
Myra Breckinridge was twenty-seven years old when she inherited her dead husband’s portion of an acting academy, which was co-owned by a former “singin’, shootin’, cowboy” star of radio and movie fame. Myra, who began her narrative by describing herself as a woman “whom no man will ever possess,” in appearance imitated such former film stars as Fay Wray, Jean Harlow, and Lana Turner. Myra declared that the novel is dead and that there is no point “to writing made-up stories.” As far as Myra was concerned, the films of the 1940’s were the high...
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