03469nam 2200781Ia 450 991078414070332120231213153328.01-281-36284-097866113628430-230-60485-410.1057/9780230604858(CKB)1000000000342441(EBL)307809(OCoLC)314793952(SSID)ssj0000279783(PQKBManifestationID)11217724(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000279783(PQKBWorkID)10268131(PQKB)10040145(DE-He213)978-0-230-60485-8(MiAaPQ)EBC307809(Au-PeEL)EBL307809(CaPaEBR)ebr10194079(CaONFJC)MIL136284(EXLCZ)99100000000034244120070103d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGay and lesbian historical fiction[electronic resource] sexual mystery and post-secular narrative /Norman W. Jones1st ed. 2007.Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan20071 online resource (xii, 218 pages)Description based upon print version of record.1-349-53724-1 1-4039-7655-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Spot the Homo: Definitions; One: Mysterious Hauntings and Revisionist Histories; Two: Romancing the Past: The Uses of Identification; Three: Coming-Out Stories As Conversion Narratives; Four: Familiar Stories from Strange Bedfellows: Chosen Community; Afterword: Can We Talk?; Notes; Works Cited; Annotated Bibliography; IndexThe first extensive study of gay and lesbian historical fiction, this book demonstrates how the highly popular sub-genre helps us understand gay and lesbian history. It shows not only why the sub-genre should be taken more seriously by historians but also how it implicitly works to ameliorate divisions between Christianity and homosexuality.Gay people's writings, AmericanHistory and criticismGay people's writings, EnglishHistory and criticismHomosexuality in literatureHomosexuality and literatureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryHomosexuality and literatureEnglandHistory20th centuryAmerican literature20th centuryHistory and criticismEnglish literature20th centuryHistory and criticismGay men in literatureLesbians in literatureGay people's writings, AmericanHistory and criticism.Gay people's writings, EnglishHistory and criticismHomosexuality in literature.Homosexuality and literatureHistoryHomosexuality and literatureHistoryAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.English literatureHistory and criticism.Gay men in literature.Lesbians in literature.823/.08109352664Jones Norman W133401MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784140703321Gay and lesbian historical fiction3749124UNINA