Book News: A history of critical responses to LGBTQ literature

LGBTQ+ Literature in the West: From Ancient Times to the Twenty-First Century

BY ROBERT C. EVANS

Bloomsbury, 2023

ISBN: 9781350371835

https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/lgbtq-literature-in-the-west-9781350371835/

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A survey, within one volume, of the history of critical responses to LGBTQ literature from the beginning to the present day, this book explores changes in attitudes, literature and criticism over a period of two and a half thousand years. For various reasons it focuses on literature of "the West," trying to give readers a clear sense, within a relatively short compass, not only of the development of "queer" literature (perhaps the most encompassing of all terms) but especially of critical responses to that literature, notably during the past century and particularly the past fifty years.

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All in all, this book offers a roadmap to much of the excellent scholarship concerning LGBTQ literature that has arisen in the last half-century – an era of unparalleled interest in the topic and an era that has moved the topic from the distant sidelines of literary study to a place ever closer to the center of things.

"LGBTQ+ Literature in the West is a valuable reference for students and specialists alike. Evans provides rich historical thumbnails that sketch and situate significance with critical trajectory: The reader gains immediate identification plus direction for greater competence and fluency." –Frederick Roden, University of Connecticut

"Robert C. Evans' coverage of generations of scholarship makes this an invaluable resource. It is a useful first stop for scholars of all levels who are researching canonical, Western, queer narratives and their authors." –Katie R. Peel, University of North Carolina, Wilmington

Robert C. Evans is I. B. Young Professor of English at Auburn University at Montgomery. He is the author or editor of more than sixty books and of numerous essays.