{"product_id":"history-of-gay-literature","title":"History of Gay Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis important book is the first full-scale account of male gay literature across cultures, languages, and centuries. A work of reference as well as the definitive history of a tradition, it traces writing by and about homosexual men from ancient Greece and Rome to the twentieth-century gay literary explosion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Woods’ own artistry is evident throughout this elegant and startling book. . . . These finely honed gay readings of selected Western (and some Eastern) literary texts richly reward the careful attention they demand. . . . Though grounded in the particulars of gay male identity, this masterpiece of literary (and social) criticism calls across the divides of sex and sexual orientation.”—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (a starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An encyclopedic mapping of the intersection between male homosexuality and belles lettres . . . [that is] good reading, in part because Woods has foregone strict chronology to link writers across eras and cultures.”—Louis Bayard, \u003ci\u003eWashington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Encyclopedic and critical, evenhanded and interpretive, Woods has produced a study that stands as a monument to the progress of gay literary criticism. No one to date has attempted such a grand world-wide history. . . . It cannot be recommended highly enough.”—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (a starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A bold, intelligent and gorgeously encyclopedic study.”—Philip Gambone, \u003ci\u003eLambda Book Report\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An exemplary piece of work.”—Jonathan Bate, \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54218982326616,"sku":"9780300080889","price":38.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780300080889__676f034a25faa.jpg?v=1741157819","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/history-of-gay-literature","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}