A History of Gay Literature - The Male Tradition (Paperback, Reissue)

This scholarly work is an exploration of gay writing from ancient Greece and Rome up to the present day. It includes chapters on the Orient and black African poetry as well as the western tradition. This is a substantial work, comprehensive in scope; but discussing the relationship between social context and gay writing in detail. Woods highlights the difficulties that authors have faced in representing gay characters and lifestyles and their 'coded' ex-appearances in classical works. This is a rich source book for anyone interested in gay literature. (Kirkus UK)

This important book is the first full-scale account of male gay literature across cultures, languages, and centuries. A work of reference as well as the definitive history of a tradition, it traces writing by and about homosexual men from ancient Greece and Rome to the twentieth-century gay literary explosion. "Woods' own artistry is evident throughout this elegant and startling book. . . . These finely honed gay readings of selected Western (and some Eastern) literary texts richly reward the careful attention they demand. . . . Though grounded in the particulars of gay male identity, this masterpiece of literary (and social) criticism calls across the divides of sex and sexual orientation."-Kirkus Reviews (a starred review) "An encyclopedic mapping of the intersection between male homosexuality and belles lettres . . . [that is] good reading, in part because Woods has foregone strict chronology to link writers across eras and cultures."-Louis Bayard, Washington Post Book World "Encyclopedic and critical, evenhanded and interpretive, Woods has produced a study that stands as a monument to the progress of gay literary criticism. No one to date has attempted such a grand world-wide history. . . . It cannot be recommended highly enough."-Library Journal (a starred review) "A bold, intelligent and gorgeously encyclopedic study."-Philip Gambone, Lambda Book Report "An exemplary piece of work."-Jonathan Bate, The Sunday Telegraph

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 1999
First published:	November 1999
Authors:	Gregory Woods
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	468
Edition:	Reissue
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-08088-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gay & Lesbian studies > Gay studies (Gay men) Promotions
LSN:	0-300-08088-3
Barcode:	9780300080889

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