Homosexuality in Renaissance and Enlightenment England: Literary Representations in Historical Context

by Claude J. Summers

Book Overview

This new book significantly contributes to an increased understanding of the gay and lesbian experience as it illuminates important works of literature and clarifies the status of same-sex desire in English literature from 1500--1760. Homosexual themes can be found throughout the literature of the English Renaissance and Enlightenment, but only rarely are they direct and unambiguous. The essays here are engaged in a vital and necessary process of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560230193
• ISBN13: 9781560230199
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 12.5" x 8.7"