The Cambridge History of Gay and Lesbian Literature

E. L. McCallum, Mikko Tuhkanen

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9781107035218
• eBook ISBN: 9781316190890
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: English Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

The Cambridge History of Gay and Lesbian Literature presents a global history of the field and is an unprecedented summation of critical knowledge on gay and lesbian literature that also addresses the impact of gay and lesbian literature on cognate fields such as comparative literature and postcolonial studies. Covering subjects from Sappho and the Greeks to queer modernism, diasporic literatures, and responses to the AIDS crisis, this volume is grounded in current scholarship. It presents new critical approaches to gay and lesbian literature that will serve the needs of students and specialists alike. Written by leading scholars in the field, The Cambridge History of Gay and Lesbian Literature will not only engage readers in contemporary debates but also serve as a definitive reference for gay and lesbian literature for years to come.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Title page
• Copyright information
• Table of contents
• List of contributors
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I Reading Ancient and Classical Cultures
• Part II Renaissance and Early Modern
• Part III Enlightenment Cultures
• Part IV Queer Modernisms
• Part V Geographies of Same-Sex Desire in the Modern World
• Part VI Genres of the Present
• Index