A History of Gay Literature: The Male Tradition

by Gregory Woods

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300080883
• ISBN13: 9780300080889
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"