Abstract
ay subjects have been central to many literary traditions. Yet crossover success are few, as are works on gay topics by straight authors. Equally, openly gay-themed books do not receive the readerships of mainstream or universal concerns. Edited by Richard Canning, and with a foreword by renowned literary critic Harold Bloom, this volume collects 50 succinct esssays by critics, public figures and authors to illuminate the essential titles that all book-worms of every orientation must read. Canning tackles issues of cultural diversity, politics and what makes a work ""gay.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Alyson Books |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781593501198 |
| Publication status | Published - 19 Nov 2009 |
Keywords
- Gay lesbian books
- authors
- Canon
- Canning
- Samuel
- Hamburger
- Gilgamesh
- McConnell
- Sappho
- Duffy
- Plato
- Levin
- Walpole
- Fallowell
- Melville
- McIntyre
- Whitman
- Clark
- Rimbaud
- Killian
- James
- Marler
- Housman
- Merlis
- Wilde
- Johnson
- Colette
- Smith
- Mann
- Bram
- Firbank
- Bouldrey
- Woolf
- Delynn
- Proust
- Picano
- Compton-Burnett
- Cohen
- Cavafy
- Plante
- Barnes
- Anderson
- Sackville-West
- Anshaw
- Waugh
- Yourcenar
- White
- Highsmith
- Green
- Parker
- Mishima
- Kenan
- Ginsberg
- Bergman
- Baldwin
- Martin
- Brodkey
- Alumit
- Delaney
- Weir
- Isherwood
- Ryan
- Lezama
- Lima
- Reitsma
- Purdy
- Franzen
- Ackerley
- Holleran
- Puig
- Zamora
- Linmark
- Burroughs
- Acker
- Renault
- Grimsley
- Dowell
- Craft
- Viegener
- Lorde
- Katan
- Walker
- Behr
- Gluck
- Winterson
- Lee
- Guibert
- McCartney
- Brown
- Guess
- Spanbauer
- Duplechan
- Foster
- Beeston
- Vidal
- Reidinger
- Stadler
- Mastbaum
- Wright
- Glass