Closeted writing and lesbian and gay literature
Subtitle: classical, early modern, eighteenth-century
By: by David M. Robinson.
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Aldershot, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
Subjects: Homosexuality in literature.; Homosexuality and literature.; Gays' writings -- History and criticism.; European literature -- History and criticism.
Description: The author explores literary depictions of same-sex love and lust. He provides interpretations of a wide variety of texts: poetry, drama, and both fictional and nonfictional prose, some well known and some little known, written in English, French and Latin, and published in Britain and France, between the late 16th and mid-18th centuries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.