Reading and Writing Italian Homosexuality

Derek Duncan''s timely study is the first book in English to examine constructions of male homosexuality in Italian literature. In admirably clear and elegant prose, Duncan analyzes texts ranging from the 1890s through the 1990s. He brings canonical authors like D''Annunzio and Pasolini together with under-appreciated writers like Comisso, and also looks at less conventionally literary genres. Dun...