The queer renaissance : contemporary American literature and the reinvention of lesbian and gay identities /

McRuer, Robert, 1966-

The queer renaissance : contemporary American literature and the reinvention of lesbian and gay identities / Robert McRuer. - New York : New York University Press, c1997. - xi, 257 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-248) and index.

Boys' own stories and new spellings of my name : coming out and other myths of queer positionality -- Queer locations/queer transformations -- Unlimited access? : queer theory in the borderlands -- Queer identities in a crisis -- Epilogue : post-queer?

0814755542 (clothbound : acidfree paper) 0814755550 (paperbound : alk. paper)

96051220


Gays' writings, American--History and criticism.
Homosexuality and literature--History--United States--20th century
Literature and society--History--United States--20th century.
American literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Gays--Intellectual life.--United States
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Sexual orientation in literature.
Lesbians in literature.
Gay men in literature.
Queer theory.

PS153.G38 / M38 1997

810.9/920664

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