The gay and lesbian literary heritage
Subtitle: a reader's companion to the writers and their works, from antiquity to the present
By: Claude J. Summers, editor.
Contributors: Summers, Claude J.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 739
Subjects: Gays' writings -- History and criticism; Literature -- History and criticism; Homosexuality and literature; Homosexuality in literature; Gays -- Intellectual life; Gays in literature
Description: "The Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage, Revised Edition, provides expanded overviews of gay and lesbian literatures from an array of historical periods; international coverage, including in-depth critical essays on gay and lesbian authors in world literature from an international selection of scholars; and thorough treatment of topics and figures vital to understanding the complexity and diversity of gay and lesbian literary traditions.

Included are more than 380 alphabetically arranged articles, each with cross-references and bibliography."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.