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[email protected] “THE LAST OF THE GREAT BOHEMIANS”: FILM POETRY, MYTH, AND SEXUALITY IN GREENWICH VILLAGE AND THE ATLANTIC, 1930-1975 by THOMAS WINFIELD HAFER A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty in History in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, The City University of New York. 2014 ©2014 Thomas Winfield Hafer All Rights Reserved ii This manuscript has been read and accepted for the Graduate Faculty in History in satisfaction of the dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. ________________ ____________________________ Date Joshua Freeman, Chair of Examining Committee ________________ _____________________________ Date Helena Rosenblatt, Executive Office David Gerstner Daniel Hurewitz David Nasaw Randolph Trumbach Supervisory Committee THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK iii Abstract “The Last of the Great Bohemians”: Film Poetry, Myth, and Sexuality in Greenwich Village and the Atlantic, 1930-1975 by Thomas W. Hafer Adviser: Joshua Freeman In Greenwich Village, a final generation of bohemians contested the rise and trajectory of gay liberation.