Literary Criticism

Sexual Orientation and Psychoanalysis

Sexual Orientation and Psychoanalysis


Jennifer I. Downey, Richard C. Friedman



<P>[H]ighly recommended because it presents a broad and encompassing view of current neurobiological research into sexual...
Gay and Lesbian Historical Fiction: Sexual Mystery and Post-Secular Narrative

Gay and Lesbian Historical Fiction: Sexual Mystery and Post-Secular Narrative


Norman W. Jones



Gay and Lesbian Historical Fiction: Sexual Mystery and Post-Secular Narrative...
Social Text 84-85: What's Queer about Queer Studies Now?

Social Text 84-85: What's Queer about Queer Studies Now?


David L. Eng



Social Text 84-85: What's Queer about Queer Studies Now?...
Early Modern Hermaphrodites: Sex and Other Stories

Early Modern Hermaphrodites: Sex and Other Stories


Ruth Gilbert



From the 16th to the 18th Century, hermaphrodites were discussed and depicted in a range of artistic, mythological, scientific,...
Losing Matt Shepard

Losing Matt Shepard


Beth Loffreda



Losing Matt Shepard...
Queer Burroughs

Queer Burroughs


Jamie Russell



Queer Burroughs...
Genders (The New Critical Idiom)

Genders (The New Critical Idiom)


Cora Kaplan, David Glover



Genders (The New Critical Idiom)...
Subjectivity

Subjectivity


Donald E. Hall



This explores the history of theories of selfhood, from the Classical Era to the present, and demonstrates how those theories can ...
Incest and the Medieval Imagination

Incest and the Medieval Imagination


Elizabeth Archibald



Incest was a social problem in the Middle Ages, and also a popular literary theme. This wide-ranging study is the first survey of ...
Michel Foucault (Key Sociologists)

Michel Foucault (Key Sociologists)


Sara Mills



In investigating the major works of Michel Foucault, Barry Smart focuses on the analysis of the relations of power and knowledge a...
On Psychological Prose

On Psychological Prose


Judson Rosengrant, Lydia Ginzburg



Die Suche nach den letzten Bausteinen der Materie mit den Mitteln der Physik führten seit Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts zu bahn...
Bitter Carnival

Bitter Carnival


Michael Andre Bernstein



From Publishers Weekly The prevailing taste of our epoch, writes Italian semiotics professor Calabrese, is neo-baroque, a style ...
Before Intimacy: Asocial Sexuality in Early Modern England

Before Intimacy: Asocial Sexuality in Early Modern England


Daniel Juan Gil



Before the eighteenth-century rise of the ideology of intimacy, sexuality was defined not by social affiliations but by bodies. In...
On Sexuality and Power

On Sexuality and Power


Alan Sinfield



Review "This interdisciplinary book makes a valuable contribution to gay studies...Essential." -- Choice Review "By means o...
Nineteenth-Century Writings on Homosexuality: A Sourcebook

Nineteenth-Century Writings on Homosexuality: A Sourcebook


Chris White



Nineteenth Century Writings on Homosexuality collects together original documents about same-sex desire in the nineteenth and earl...
Body Work: Objects of Desire in Modern Narrative

Body Work: Objects of Desire in Modern Narrative


Peter Brooks



From Library Journal Brooks (humanities, Yale) focuses mainly on the novel in the 18th and 19th centuries; his interest is the b...
Michel Foucault

Michel Foucault


Sara Mills



Sara Mills offers an introduction to both the ideas of Michel Foucault and the debate surrounding him, fully equipping student rea...
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick


Jason Edwards



Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick was one of the most significant literary theorists of the last forty years and a key figure in contemporary ...