Reviews for The Columbia Anthology of Gay Literature: Readings from Western Antiquity to the Present Day

The average rating for The Columbia Anthology of Gay Literature: Readings from Western Antiquity to the Present Day based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-08-07 00:00:00 Randy Witmyer If you identify as a gay male, this presents the entire heritage of gay literature from ancient times to the present day. In here is just about everything, from obscure medieval stories such as the touching Amis and Amile, ribald, bawdy poetry of Roman Times, poems on love and longing, debates on romance from the Greek philosophers, the story of Lancelot and Galehaut from the Lancelot-Grail, German literature and psychology of the 19th century, romantic poetry of the Victorian era, 18th century French literature, and post-Stonewall free-form poetry, it's all here and more than you can conceive, printed in excerpts or in their entirety, in 800+ pages. There are many, many treasures to be found here for the gay male reader, and this is not only a must read for the gay reader, it is a must own. This book is spun from pure, refined gold. Thank you to Byrne R.S. Fone for editing and compiling this collection, it's going on to my top shelf in a place of honor.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-10-16 00:00:00 Justin J Freville It's amazing. That's all I can say so far.