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Lovesick

Modernist Plays of Same-Sex Love, 1894-1925

Laurence Senelick editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:17th Dec '98

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This volume makes available an international collection of plays, from Britain, the US, Germany, France and Russia, providing an essential and fascinating resource for anyone interested in the theatre culture of this period.
Lovesick brings together six plays, each with individual introductions, including an author biography and a production history. The editor provides a contextual introduction to the volume offering valuable information about the ancestry of gay theatre and queer performance.
The anthology reveals how 'sexual deviance' made its way into the drama of this time, and also how homosexual playwrights used comic or lyrical devices in order to celebrate a 'superior sensibility'.

  • Short-listed for Lambda Literary Awards (Drama/Theater) 1999

ISBN: 9780415185578

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 400g

212 pages