Homosexuals in History
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (993 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0786704233 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 386 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Lightcalm and desirable" A Customer Though titled _Homosexuals in History_, this work isnot a dry, heavily footnoted, archly worded, jargonlaced, academic piece. Rather, it is immensely interesting,engrossing, enlightening, and an excellent background toserve as base for further academic or personal researchon the time periods and th. Excellent vignettes on significant gay men A very readable and enjoyable book that provides informative sketches of a wide variety of gay men since the Rennaisance until the mid-20th century. The author provides just enough information so a reader can find other books devoted to a specific individual to read more. My only complaints are two. "An excellent historical biographical sketch of homosexuality" according to Mike Fisher. This book is good as a reading book or as a quick reference for scholarly research in the area of LGBT studies. I personally found Rowse's treatment of King James to be a good starting point for a paper I wrote on homosexuality in Jacobean England.
This analysis of these influential historical figures explores not only the links between creativity and sexual desire, but also how their awareness of their own sexual mores lent itself to the shaping of their genius.. Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Tchaikovsky, Oscar Wilde, Ernst Rohm, Noel Coward - these men shared a sexual orientation that ran counter to mainstream society and defied their eras' ideas of biology