Cover of "Swords in myrtle dress'd"

"Swords in myrtle dress'd"

by Jon Thomas Rowland

1998 244 pages eng

History
Gay men in literature English literature, history and criticism, 18th century Homosexuality and literature Sex in literature Poetics Politics and literature English language, rhetoric Rhetoric English literature English language History and criticism History

Part 1 offers readings of homosexuality in early homophobic tracts, in Grub Street productions lampooning a preferment dispute involving the bishop of London, in the London newspapers, in political pamphlets attacking Lord Hervey, and in a casebook by a clergyman defending himself against the charge…

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