The Cambridge companion to gay and lesbian writing / edited by Hugh Stevens.

Other author Stevens, Hugh.
Other author Cambridge University Press.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,
Descriptionxx, 246 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Cambridge Companions
Supplemental ContentFull text available from ProQuest One Literature - U.S. Customers Only
Subjects
Gay people's writings--History and criticism.
Literature--History and criticism.
Homosexuality and literature.
Homosexuality in literature.
Gay people--Intellectual life.
Gay people in literature.
Same-sex marriage in literature.

Abstract "Literature has always been concerned with questions of kinship, love, marriage, desire, family relationships. The central and privileged stories have tended to assume that desire will be desire between girl and boy. Obstacles are thrown in the way of desire. In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1597), the heroine and hero cannot marry because their families, the Montagues and the Capulets, are feuding. The obstacles which stand in the way of same-sex romantic entanglements have been much more encompassing. Before the twentieth century, they have, for the most part, been represented as an impossibility rather than a desirable outcome thwarted by circumstance"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 235-240) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010019536
ISBN9780521888448