Gay American Novels 1870-1970

<p> Examining the development of gay American fiction and providing an essential reading list this literary survey covers 257 works--novels novellas a graphic story cycle and a narrative poem--in which gay and bisexual male characters play a major role. Iconic works such as James Baldwin's <I>Giovanni's Room</I> and Christopher Isherwood's <I>A Single Man</I> are included along with titles not given attention by earlier surveys such as Wallace Thurman's <I>Infants of the Spring</I> Dashiel Hammett's <I>The Maltese Falcon</I> Julian Green's <I>Each in His Darkness</I> Ursula Zilinsky's <I>Middle Ground</I> and David Plante's <I>The Ghost of Henry James</I>. Chronological entries discuss each work's plot significance for gay identity and publication history along with a brief biography of the author.</p>