Closeted Writing and Lesbian and Gay Literature
Classical, Early Modern, Eighteenth-century
Taylor and Francis · Print & ebook · June 28, 2006
Arguing for renewed attention to covert same-sex-oriented writing (and to authorial intention more generally), this study explores the representation of female and male homosexuality in late sixteenth- through mid-eighteenth-century British and French literature.
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- Who it’s for
- A study of same-sex love and desire across British, French, and classical literature.
- Genres
- Queer Literary Criticism, 18th Century Literature, 17th-Century Literary Criticism
- Published
- Taylor and Francis, June 28, 2006
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Arguing for renewed attention to covert same-sex-oriented writing (and to authorial intention more generally), this study explores the representation of female and male homosexuality in late sixteenth- through mid-eighteenth-century British and French literature. The author also uncovers and analyzes long-term continuities in the representation of same-sex love, sex, and desire between the classical, early modern, eighteenth-century, and even modern periods.
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Among the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century authors and texts examined here are Mme de Murat, Les Memoires De Madame La Comtesse De M*** (1697); John Cleland, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (1748-49); Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748); Nicolas Chorier and Jean Nicolas, L'Academie des dames (1680); Delarivier Manley, The New Atalantis (1709); and Isaac de Benserade, Iphis et Iante (1637). Classical texts brought into the discussion include Juvenal's Satires, Lucian's Erotes, and, most importantly, Ovid's Metamorphoses. Casting its net broadly yet exploring deeply-poems, plays, novels, and more; from the serious to the satiric, the polite to the pornographic; well-known and little-known; written in English, French, and Latin; published in early modern and eighteenth-century Britain and France; plus key classical texts-this study engages with the historiography of sexuality as a whole.
Covert Same-Sex Writing
A study of same-sex love and desire across British, French, and classical literature.
Come here for
- Close readings of early modern and eighteenth-century texts
- Connections across classical, early modern, and modern periods
Expect
- Poems, plays, novels, and other writing
- Works in English, French, and Latin
Where it sits
| Queer Literary Criticism | 91% |
|---|---|
| 18th Century Literature | 54% |
| 17th-Century Literary Criticism | 39% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Comparative Literature
- Authors
- David M. Robinson
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis
- Published
- June 28, 2006
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Comparative Literature