Wilper, James P.

Reconsidering the Emergence of the Gay Novel in English and German. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (214 pages) - Comparative Cultural Studies . - Comparative Cultural Studies .

Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translations -- Introduction -- Part 1: Religion and Law -- Chapter 1: Sin and Crime -- Part 2: Greek Love -- Chapter 2: Transcending Greek Love -- Chapter 3: The "manly love of comrades -- Part 3: Science and Sex -- Chapter 4: The Highest Being Drawn Down into Decadence -- Chapter 5: Health, Masculinity, and the Third Sex -- Part 4: Wild about Oscar Wilde? -- Chapter 6: A Tough Act to Follow: Homosexuality in Fiction after Oscar Wilde -- Chapter 7: Das Bildnis des Oskar Wilde -- Afterword -- Works Cited -- Index.

9781612494173


German fiction - Europe, German-speaking - History and criticism.


Electronic books.

PN56.H57 -- W55 2016eb

809/.8920664