How to do the history of homosexuality Book

I'm tempted to give this four not five stars only because it's so very repetitive, even for a collection of previously published essays. Otherwise, though, it's brilliant -- complicated, thoughtful, surprising, insightful, illuminating. Halperin incorporates classical studies, especially literary classical studies, and critical theory into his history of sexuality. His theoretical engagement, however (mostly with Foucault and Eve Sedgwick; otherwise he sticks more to historical and literary scholarship) never lead him away from the exceptional clarity and simplicity of his prose, which is an immense pleasure to read.