Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage: A Reader's Companion to the Writers and Their Works, from Antiquity to the Present

Rating:
Summary: Full of Intrigues!!!
Review: In January 1852, Nikolai Gogol (the celebrated Russian writer- perhaps the greatest from his country, and author of "The Inspector General" and "Dead Souls") confessed a terrible secret to a bigoted priest- he confessed his sexual orientation.

The priest, Father Matthew Konstantinovsky, ordered abstinence from sleep to food, so as to cleanse Gogol's inner filth. The author obeyed, and on February 21 Gogol died of starvation.

This is just one of the many intriguing gems contained within THE GAY AND LESBIAN LITERARY HERITAGE. A remarkable, unique and irreplaceable volume. Articles on authors, such as the dashing English poet Lord Byron and Japanese writer Yukio Mishima, are outstanding.

(I find it very curious though that Tolm Coibin, author of THE BLACKWATER LIGHTSHIP and the newly released THE MASTER, is nowhere to be found. Surely, a new updated volume is needed)

Rating:
Summary: Outstanding!!!
Review: In January 1852, Nikolai Gogol (the celebrated Russian writer. Author of "The Inspector General" and "Dead Souls") confessed a terrible secret to a bigoted priest- he confessed his sexual orientation.

The priest, Father Matthew Konstantinovsky, ordered abstinence from sleep to food, so as to cleanse Gogol's inner filth. The author obeyed, and on February 21 Gogol died of starvation.

This is just one of the many intriguing gems contained within THE GAY AND LESBIAN LITERARY HERITAGE. A remarkable, unique and irreplaceable volume.