LEADER 03469nam 2200781Ia 450 001 9910784140703321 005 20231213153328.0 010 $a1-281-36284-0 010 $a9786611362843 010 $a0-230-60485-4 024 7 $a10.1057/9780230604858 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342441 035 $a(EBL)307809 035 $a(OCoLC)314793952 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000279783 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11217724 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000279783 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10268131 035 $a(PQKB)10040145 035 $a(DE-He213)978-0-230-60485-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC307809 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL307809 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10194079 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL136284 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342441 100 $a20070103d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGay and lesbian historical fiction$b[electronic resource] $esexual mystery and post-secular narrative /$fNorman W. Jones 205 $a1st ed. 2007. 210 $aBasingstoke $cPalgrave Macmillan$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 218 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-349-53724-1 311 $a1-4039-7655-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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; Index 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aGay people's writings, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aGay people's writings, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aHomosexuality in literature 606 $aHomosexuality and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aHomosexuality and literature$zEngland$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAmerican literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aGay men in literature 606 $aLesbians in literature 615 0$aGay people's writings, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aGay people's writings, English$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aHomosexuality in literature. 615 0$aHomosexuality and literature$xHistory 615 0$aHomosexuality and literature$xHistory 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aGay men in literature. 615 0$aLesbians in literature. 676 $a823/.08109352664 700 $aJones$b Norman W$0133401 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784140703321 996 $aGay and lesbian historical fiction$93749124 997 $aUNINA