Sexual Sameness (Routledge Revivals): Textual Differences in Lesbian and Gay Writing

by Joseph Bristow (Editor)

First published in 1992, Sexual Sameness examines the differing textual strategies male and female writers have developed to celebrate homosexuality. Examining such writers as E.M. Forster, James Baldwin, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Audre Lourde, this wide-ranging book demonstrates how literature has been one of the few cultural spaces in which sexual outsiders have been able to explore forbidden desires.

From the humiliating trials of Oscar Wilde to the appalling stigmatisation of people living with AIDS, Sexual Sameness reveals the persistent homophobia that has until recently almost completely inhibited our understanding of lesbian and gay writing. In opening up homosexual literature to informed and objective methods of reading, Sexual Sameness will be of interest to a large lesbian and gay readership, as well as to students of gender studies, literary studies and the social sciences.

275 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 19, 1992

Reviews

[Derek Frasure · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is standard fare queer literary interpretations from some big names in the field. If you have read much other queer theory, then you will be familiar with many of these theoretical frameworks and general authorial interpretations. I would suggest that one read the great works of theory and criticism and get similar analyses in addition to the more nuanced discussions of issues in criticism and theory. However, this is a solid text with essays on important queer authors.