The book explores the changing ways in which male-male sex and love
have been perceived and experienced from the late Anglo-Saxon
period to the present. Celebrated figures, such as Richard
Lionheart, whose love for Philip Augustus of France was so
well-documented, Oscar Wilde, subject of the most explosive scandal
of the Victorian period, and Derek Jarman, the great artist and
chronicler of the age of AIDS, are examined alongside little-known
figures: Eleanor/John Rykener, a cross-dresser in Chaucer's
England, the mollies of eighteenth-century London, the habituants
of underground gay bars and cafes in 1930s Manchester and Brighton,
and the newly-confident gays of contemporary Britain, who marry,
adopt children and command the increasingly powerful 'pink pound'.
Drawing on a fabulous wealth of research, the authors - each an
expert in his field - have worked closely together to deliver a
powerful, highly-readable and eye-opening history of love and
desire between men in Britain. At a time when classic British crime
fiction is enjoying greater popularity than ever (and television
incarnations of such Brit classics as Sherlock Holmes and Jane
Marple proliferate, along with more recent coppers such as the
tough Inspector Rebus), innovative forms and styles are taking
crime fiction in new directions. Writers of science fiction
tailoring their cloth to a more profitable discipline have powered
a growth in high-tech crime thrillers; women writers have tackled
issues of violence and sexuality in breathtakingly direct ways. The
encyclopedia covers all new developments, as well as examining
traditional genres, such as espionage, historical crime, clerical
crime, crime in academe, noir (and tartnoir), literary crime and
true crime. The result is a synthesis of the scholarly and the
lively - making this the perfect guide for those wanting reliable
information or looking for stimulating analysis or interested in
tips for great novels to put on their reading lists.
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