Homosexuality in Renaissance and Enlightenment England
Subtitle: Literary Representations in Historical Context (Research on Homosexuality) (Research on Homosexuality)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Haworth Press
Published: October 1992
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781560230199
Subjects: Gay & Lesbian studies; Gender studies; Homosexuality and literature; Gay Studies; Sociology; England; Social Science; History and criticism; Gay/Lesbian Nonfiction; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; General; Early modern, 1500-1700; 16th century; 17th century; English literature; History
First sentence: Over the past two decades, gay studies has emerged as a distinct, though somewhat amorphous and necessarily interdisciplinary, field of intellectual inquiry, characterized by a particular subject matter - the study of gay male and lesbian experience, broadly defined - and by a sympathetic and supportive attitude toward that subject matter.