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Subtitle: the hidden tradition of homosexual literature in English from 1748 to 1914
By: edited and with an introduction by Mark Mitchell and David Leavitt.
Contributors: Mitchell, Mark; Leavitt, David, 1961-
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin; Mariner Books
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 458
Subjects: Gays' writings, English; Homosexuality -- Literary collections; Lesbians -- Literary collections; Gay men -- Literary collections; Gays' writings, American; American literature; English literature
Description: There have been several recent anthologies of twentieth-century gay fiction, but Mark Mitchell and David Leavitt's book is the first to explore the texts that circulated before the genre of "gay fiction" came into being, and before greater tolerance allowed writers to treat homosexual themes directly. The result is both an entertaining and a revelatory anthology, and a valuable contribution to our understanding of the literary treatment of homosexuality.
Notes: "A Mariner original."