Lesbian and Gay Writing [Paperback]

Part of a series which looks at contemporary criticism on neglected literary and cultural areas, this book examines the conventional academic view of lesbian/gay writing and has essays on lesbian writers as well as a section on gay men's writing. All the critical essays are by lesbians or gay men.Part 1 Lesbian writing: Ivy Compton-Burnett - family as nightmare, Susan Crecy; Keepers of History - the novels of Maureen Duffy, Lyndie Brimstone; I Am a Woman - Ann Bannon and the writing of lesbian identity in the 1950s, Diane Hamer; the naked majesty of God - contemporary lesbian erotic poetry, Caroline Halliday; exiled to home - the poetry of Sylvia Townsend Warner and Valentine Ackland, Gillian Spraggs. Part 2 Gay men's writing: starless and black - alienation in gay literature, Terry Woods; Tennessee Williams - The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire , Mark Lilly; One-handed reading, Rupert Smith; Absurd! Ridiculous! Disgusting! - paradox in poetry by gay men, Gregory Woods; The Power to Convey the Unuttered - style and sexuality in the work of Ronald Firbank, Paul Davies.