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Lesbian and Gay Writing

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Mark Lilly

    1. University of London, UK

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Part of the book series: Insights (ISI)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: Straight Talk

    1. Introduction: Straight Talk

      • Mark Lilly
      Pages 1-9

  3. Lesbian Writing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Ivy Compton-Burnett

      • Susan Crecy
      Pages 13-22

    3. ‘Keepers of History’

      • Lyndie Brimstone
      Pages 23-46

    4. ‘I Am a Woman’

      • Diane Hamer
      Pages 47-75

    5. ‘The Naked Majesty of God’

      • Caroline Halliday
      Pages 76-108

    6. Exiled to Home

      • Gillian Spraggs
      Pages 109-125

  4. Gay Men’s Writing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. Starless and Black

      • Terry Woods
      Pages 129-152

    3. Tennessee Williams

      • Mark Lilly
      Pages 153-163

    4. One-Handed Reading

      • Rupert Smith
      Pages 164-174

    5. ‘Absurd! Ridiculous! Disgusting!’

      • Gregory Woods
      Pages 175-198

    6. ‘The Power to Convey the Unuttered’

      • Paul Davies
      Pages 199-214

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 215-218
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About this book

Part of a series which looks at contemporary criticism on neglected literary and cultural areas, this book examines the conventional academic view of lesbian/gay writing and has essays on lesbian writers as well as a section on gay men's writing. All the critical essays are by lesbians or gay men.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of London, UK

    Mark Lilly

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Lesbian and Gay Writing

  • Editors: Mark Lilly

  • Series Title: Insights

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20837-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-47501-0Published: 13 July 1990

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-20837-1Published: 07 January 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2947-2830

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-2849

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 218

  • Topics: Gender Studies, Literature, general

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