Same Sex Desire in Victorian Religious Culture
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: February 15, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780333986431
Subjects: Gay & Lesbian studies; History of religion; Literary studies: 19th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Gay/Lesbian Nonfiction; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Christianity - History - General; Europe - Great Britain - General; European - General; History-Europe - Great Britain - General; Literary Criticism & Collections / European; Literary Criticism-European - General; Religion / Church History; 19th century; Catholic Church; Catholic converts; Great Britain; History; Homosexuality; Religious aspects
First sentence: Part 1 of Same-Sex Desire examines religious communities and the Catholic priesthood as sites in the nineteenth century where same-sex desire was expressed in devotion and friendship.