LGBTQ+ Literature in the West - From Ancient Times to the Twenty-First Century

Zusatztext Robert C. Evans’ coverage of generations of relevant scholarship makes this an invaluable resource. It is a useful first stop for scholars of all levels who are researching canonical, Western, queer narratives and their authors. Informationen zum Autor Robert C. Evans is Professor of English and Philosophy at Auburn University at Montgomery, USA. Klappentext A survey, within one volume, of the history of critical responses to LGBTQ literature from the beginning to the present day, this book explores changes in attitudes, literature and criticism over a period of two and a half thousand years. For various reasons it focuses on literature of 'the West', trying to give readers a clear sense, within a relatively short compass, not only of the development of 'queer' literature (perhaps the most encompassing of all terms) but especially of critical responses to that literature, notably during the past century and particularly the past fifty years. All in all, this book offers a roadmap to much of the excellent scholarship concerning LGBTQ literature that has arisen in the last half-century - an era of unparalleled interest in the topic and an era that has moved the topic from the distant sidelines of literary study to a place ever closer to the center of things. Vorwort A survey of the history of critical responses to LGBTQ literature from the beginning to the present day, this book explores changes in attitudes, literature and criticism over a period of two and a half thousand years. Zusammenfassung A survey, within one volume, of the history of critical responses to LGBTQ literature from the beginning to the present day, this book explores changes in attitudes, literature and criticism over a period of two and a half thousand years. For various reasons it focuses on literature of ‘the West’, trying to give readers a clear sense, within a relatively short compass, not only of the development of ‘queer’ literature (perhaps the most encompassing of all terms) but especially of critical responses to that literature, notably during the past century and particularly the past fifty years. All in all, this book offers a roadmap to much of the excellent scholarship concerning LGBTQ literature that has arisen in the last half-century – an era of unparalleled interest in the topic and an era that has moved the topic from the distant sidelines of literary study to a place ever closer to the center of things. ...

Product details

• Authors: Robert C Evans, Robert C. Evans
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.05.2023
• EAN: 9781350371828
• ISBN: 978-1-350-37182-8
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 18th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 17th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 16th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Gender studies, gender groups, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, LITERARY CRITICISM / LGBTQ+, Literary studies: from c 2000, Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600