by Gerald Marcus Glaskin, aka Neville Jackson
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I just ID’d this piece (May 2020), and it may take me a little while to come back to it and account for its role in the film (I’m doing a major revision of the site design at the moment), but for now just know that this is considered the first gay novel in Australian publishing, was published first under the pseudonym Neville Jackson, and was Glaskin’s most successful work.
I was glad to finally discover something with a concrete relationship to homosexuality since I recently began annotating the novel, and discovered that Watson, while showing off the boiler room to Jack, derides Ullman’s apparent homosexuality, and the culture of homosexuals in general, who Watson blames for the social activism (and consequent unrest) of the day. While I’m not sure yet what Kubrick might be saying through the inclusion of this apparently pulpy read, the fact that it was a pioneering novel for its time probably speaks to the general theme of pioneering and “firsts” seen throughout the Torrance library.
Note how this puts a “Jackson” in the Torrance library, beside Anne Jackson playing the doctor here. This means we have a Jackson book to pair with the AY Jackson painting in the Overlook lobby. What’s more, Glaskin’s Jackson was a pseudonym only ever used in this writing.
Also, Gerald’s middle name was Marcus, and this book sits atop a novel about a spy organization called O.R.G.Y. by a guy with the last name Mark. Jack Torrance’s father was Mark Anthony Torrance. Jack’s full name is John Daniel Edward Torrance, and Danny’s is Daniel Anthony Torrance. So this “Jack’s son” business is probably an intentional way to suggest the interconnection between these three generations of men.
Also, I’ve noted a few possible references to the ancient Chinese philosophy Taoism throughout the film, and “the tao” translates to “the way”. The Torrances have an album across the room by Japanese composer Stomu Yamashta (Stomu Yamash’ta’s East Wind), which happens to be right next to an Asian scroll painting that is yet to be properly identified. Perhaps a pattern is forthcoming between these objects. And perhaps not.
Next literary reference: Dr. Nyet
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