Gay and Lesbian Literature
Sharon Malinowski
ISBN 10: 1558621741 / ISBN 13: 9781558621749
Published by Cengage Gale, 1993
Bibliographic Details
Title: Gay and Lesbian Literature
Publisher: Cengage Gale
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Good
About this title
Synopsis:
Book by Sharon Malinowski
From Booklist:
Marion Zimmer Bradley. Truman Capote. Margaret Cruikshank. Lillian Faderman. Jean Genet. Jack Kerouac. Yukio Mishima. Marcel Proust. Mary
Renault. Sara Teasdale. Virginia Woolf. Marguerite Yourcenar. These are some of the 200 novelists, poets, short story writers, dramatists, journalists,
editors, and writers of nonfiction featured in Gay and Lesbian Literature. The preface notes that inclusion is based upon the gay and lesbian thematic
content of a writer's work and not upon sexual identity. The most eminent and frequently studied authors writing today are emphasized, but deceased
authors from the earlier portion of the century who exerted a major influence on contemporary gay and lesbian literature are also featured.
The format is similar to other St. James titles, such as Contemporary Poets. Entries include signed critical essays by a diverse group of scholars,
librarians, and freelance writers, and, when available, a statement by the featured author concerning his or her own work. Brief biographies include
personal informationbirth and (when appropriate) death place and date, educational background, and marriage and/or companion. A summary of the
author's career is also provided, including employers, positions, and dates held. Additional biographical information includes address (when appropriate)
and a list of major prizes, nominations, fellowships, and grants honoring the author. A list of writings includes dates, publishers, and production
information (for plays, televised scripts, screenplays, and recordings). Also listed are adaptations based upon the author's work, locations of manuscript
collections, biographical sources, major interviews, bibliographies compiled on the author, and critical sources. Five indexes provide access by name,
nationality (17 countries are represented), gender, subject and genre, and gay or lesbian literary awards. The volume concludes with a list of suggested
additional authors of gay and lesbian literature and a selective list of important anthologies of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, and interviews. Essays
by Wayne R. Dynes and Barbara G. Grier provide in-depth introductions to, respectively, gay male literature and lesbian literature.
Gay and Lesbian Literature has a broader scope than Contemporary Lesbian Writers of the U.S: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook [RBB N 1
93] and Contemporary Gay American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook (Greenwood, 1993), as only slightly more than half the
writers are American and they are not all contemporary. With its international coverage, it will be a useful reference source in both academic and public
libraries.
