Novelists with gay and lesbian themes / editor, Carl Rollyson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rollyson, Carl E. (Carl Edmund), editor.

Series:

Critical survey of long fiction

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homosexuality in literature--History and criticism.

Homosexuality in literature.

Gay people in literature--Authorship.

Gay people in literature.

Lesbians in literature--Authorship.

Lesbians in literature.

Gay people's writings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 286 pages) : portraits

Place of Publication:

Ipswich, Mass. : Salem Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Provides essays of influential gay and lesbian writers such as James Baldwin, Michael Cunningham, Patricia Highsmith, and Gore Vidal.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Contributors ""; ""Gay and Lesbian Long Fiction 1""; ""James Baldwin 10""; ""Djuna Barnes 29""; ""Anthony Burgess 35""; ""William S. Burroughs 47""; ""Michael Chabon 60""; ""John Cheever 67""; ""Michelle Cliff 82""; ""Michael Cunningham 88""; ""Jean Genet 94""; ""Julien Green 109""; ""Radclyffe Hall 120""; ""Patricia Highsmith 126""; ""Alison Lurie 133""; ""Yukio Mishima 144""; ""Gloria Naylor 152""; ""David Plante 161""; ""Manuel Puig 172""; ""James Purdy 184""; ""Mary Renault 195""; ""May Sarton 205""; ""Christina Stead 216""; ""Gore Vidal 224""; ""Patrick White 238""

""Jeanette Winterson 255""""Bibliography 260""; ""Glossary of Literary Terms 263""; ""Guide to Online Resources 275""; ""Geography 280""; ""Subject Index 281""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613665959

9781280689017

1280689013

9781587659287

158765928X

OCLC:

781642019