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The Columbia Anthology of Gay Literature: Readings from Western Antiquity to the Present Day
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Description for The Columbia Anthology of Gay Literature: Readings from Western Antiquity to the Present Day
Paperback. Here at last is a single volume that reveals the bright thread of gay literature throughout the Western tradition. With hundreds of works by authors ranging from Ovid to James Baldwin, from Plato to Oscar Wilde, The Columbia Anthology of Gay Literature presents a wide range of poetry, fiction, essays, and autobiography that depict love, friendship, intimacy, desire, and sex between men. Editor(s): Fone, Byrne R.S. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; DQ; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 230 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1154.
In the three decades since New York City's Stonewall rebellion, gay literature has exploded as a distinctive form of cultural expression. In a variety of styles and genres, gay men have increasingly begun to articulate their sexual identities. At the same time, gay writers and scholars have begun in earnest the search for a literary history long denied by the refusal to recognize homosexual love as an integral part of Western literature. Yet to date, no single volume has brought together the full range of poetry, fiction, essays, and autobiography that portray love between men. From the Epic of ... Read more
In the three decades since New York City's Stonewall rebellion, gay literature has exploded as a distinctive form of cultural expression. In a variety of styles and genres, gay men have increasingly begun to articulate their sexual identities. At the same time, gay writers and scholars have begun in earnest the search for a literary history long denied by the refusal to recognize homosexual love as an integral part of Western literature. Yet to date, no single volume has brought together the full range of poetry, fiction, essays, and autobiography that portray love between men. From the Epic of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
Series
Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies
Number of Pages
912
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231096713
SKU
V9780231096713
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About Fone
Byrne R. S. Fone is professor of English literature at the City College of New York. He is the editor of Hidden Heritage: History and the Gay Imagination, and author of Masculine Landscapes: Walt Whitman and the Homoerotic Text; A Road to Stonewall: Homosexuality and Homophobia in English and American Literature; and Homophobia: A History, which will appear later this ... Read more
Reviews for The Columbia Anthology of Gay Literature: Readings from Western Antiquity to the Present Day
The collection is large enough to provide discoveries and pleasures for readers wishing to introduce themselves to a wide span of gay male texts. CHOICE Superbly conceived and edited, this anthology functions as a source companion to Gregory Wood's brilliant History of Gay Literature... [Fone's] selections are thoughtfully interesting, and many are outside the gay canon. As such, even experienced ... Read more