Gay and Lesbian Characters and Themes in Mystery Novels: A Critical Guide to Over 500 Works in EnglishMcFarland, 1993 - 199 pages Perhaps John Jasper, in Charles Dickens' The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870), was the first homosexual in a mystery novel. For over 100 years thereafter, depictions of gay men and lesbians were generally unsympathetic.Over 500 novels with homosexual characters or themes, both mainstream and those specifically for gays and lesbians, are examined in the present work. Each entry includes a plot synopsis and critical commentary. Where appropriate, biographical information is provided on the author. |
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... Michael Nava AIDS does not discriminate , and mystery writers have utilized the disease in books with nongay themes . While it does not have a gay theme or any gay references for that mat- ter , Anna Wingate's The Eye of Anna ( Walker ...
... Michael Nava AIDS does not discriminate , and mystery writers have utilized the disease in books with nongay themes . While it does not have a gay theme or any gay references for that mat- ter , Anna Wingate's The Eye of Anna ( Walker ...
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... Michael Nava , Deborah Powell , J.M. Redman , Jack Ricardo , Karen Saum , Sandra Scoppetone , Shelley Singer , Susannah Stacey , Richard Stevenson , Samuel M. Steward , Dorothy Tell , Donald Ward , Pat Welsh , Hugh Ross Williamson ...
... Michael Nava , Deborah Powell , J.M. Redman , Jack Ricardo , Karen Saum , Sandra Scoppetone , Shelley Singer , Susannah Stacey , Richard Stevenson , Samuel M. Steward , Dorothy Tell , Donald Ward , Pat Welsh , Hugh Ross Williamson ...
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... Michael Nava the mystery writer to Michael Nava the novelist . Michael Nava has also edited a collection of short stories of mystery and suspense Finale ( Alyson Publications , 1989 ) . In his introduction , Nava explains , " In these ...
... Michael Nava the mystery writer to Michael Nava the novelist . Michael Nava has also edited a collection of short stories of mystery and suspense Finale ( Alyson Publications , 1989 ) . In his introduction , Nava explains , " In these ...
Contents
Main Entries | 9 |
Specialist Publishers of Gay and Lesbian Fiction | 183 |
Index by Title | 193 |
Copyright | |
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