Men Desiring Men: The Poetry of Same-Sex Identity and Desire in German Classicism (Kritik: German Literary and Cultural Studies)

By Susan E. Gustafson

Many cultural historians agreed with Foucault that the late 19th century witnesses the birth of the homosexual identity. This work argues that the literature and discourse of male-male desire was evident a century earlier, within the tradition of German Classicism.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814330290
• ISBN13: 9780814330296
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"