Gay and Lesbian Historical Fiction
Sexual Mystery and Post-Secular Narrative
Norman W. Jones
The first extensive study of gay and lesbian historical fiction, this book demonstrates how the highly popular genre helps us understand gay and lesbian history. It shows not only why the genre should be taken more seriously by historians but also how it implicitly works to ameliorate divisions between Christianity and homosexuality. The book contends that gay and lesbian historical fictions model ways of approaching sexual and historical mystery not as a threat to understanding but as its ground. These fictions thus implicitly undermine the supposed dichotomy between secular and sacred ways of knowing, thereby expanding the resources for ethical debate about homosexuality.
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Details
| ISBN | 9781403976550 |
| Genre | Literary Criticism; Literary History |
| Publication Date | 15-May-07 |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Format | Hardcover |
| No. of Pages | 218 |
| Language | English |
| Rating | NotRated |
| Subject | Literary Criticism |
| BookID | 4491 |
