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Claude J. Summers

Author of The Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage: A Readers Companion to the Writers and Their Works, from Antiquity to the Present

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Includes the names: Claude Summers, Claude J. Summers, Ed Claude J. Summers, Claude J. Summers, Editor, Claude J. Summers (editor), Edited by Claude J. Summers., Claude J. Summers, Edited By

Works by Claude J. Summers

The Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage: A Readers Companion to the Writers and Their Works, from Antiquity to the Present (1995) — Editor — 325 copies, 1 review

The Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts (2004) 74 copies

The Queer Encyclopedia of Film and Television (2005) 48 copies

Gay Fictions: Wilde to Stonewall : Studies in a Male Homosexual Literary Tradition (1990) 40 copies

The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance, and Musical Theater (2004) 39 copies

Homosexuality in Renaissance and Enlightenment England: Literary Representations in Historical Context (Research on Homosexuality) (1992) 35 copies

Christopher Isherwood (1980) 27 copies

E.M. Forster (Literature and Life) (1983) 15 copies

Representing Women in Renaissance England (1997) 5 copies

The "Muses Common-Weale" Poetry and Politics in the Seventeenth Century (Essays in Seventeenth-Century Literature, Vol 3 (1989) 4 copies

Ben Jonson Revised (1999) 4 copies

"Bright shootes of everlastingnesse" : the seventeenth-century religious lyric (1987) 3 copies

Fault Lines and Controversies in the Study of Seventeenth-Century English Literature (2002) 3 copies

Renaissance Discourses of Desire (1993) 2 copies

"Too Rich to Clothe the Sunne": Essays on George Herbert (1980) 2 copies

The Eagle and the Dove: Reassessing John Donne (Essays in Seventeenth-Century Literature, 1) (1986) 1 copy

Classic and cavalier : essays on Jonson and the sons of Ben (1982) 1 copy

The English civil wars in the literary imagination (1999) 1 copy

Christopher Marlowe and the politics of power 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1944-12-06
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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The Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage: A Readers Companion to the Writers and Their Works, from Antiquity to the Present by Claude J. Summers

This is a comprehensive one volume encyclopedia that provides a resource for both the serious and general reader. I find myself returning to it from time to time for the wealth of information and many articles that enhance my reading eperience.

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Lambda Literary Award

The Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage: A Readers Companion to the Writers and Their Works, from Antiquity to the Present (Winner – Anthology/Nonfiction – 1995)

The Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts (Nominee – Photography/Visual Arts – 2004)

The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance, and Musical Theater (Nominee – Drama – 2004)

Stonewall Book Award

The Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage: A Readers Companion to the Writers and Their Works, from Antiquity to the Present (Finalist – Non-Fiction – 1996)

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Works: 19
Members: 630
Popularity: #39,983
Rating: 4.2

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 42

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