Critical survey of poetry. Gay and lesbian themes

Queer theory -- Paula Gunn Allen -- John Ashbery -- Elizabeth Bishop -- Hart Grane -- Countee Cullen -- Allen Ginsberg -- Thom Gunn -- A.E. Housman -- Charlotte Mew -- Frank O'Hara -- Adrienne Rich -- Arthur Rimbaud -- Sappho -- Siegfried Sassoon -- James Schuyler -- Gertrude Stein -- Paul Verlaine -- Alice Walker -- Walt Whitman -- Oscar Wilde.;Profiles major poets throughout history and the world, including analyses of their significant individual poems or collections. Discusses influential gay and lesbian poets such as John Ashbery, Hart Crane, Allen Ginsburg, Sappho, and Oscar Wilde. Contents......Page 4 Contributors......Page 5 Queer Theory 1......Page 6 Paula Gunn Allen 9......Page 14 John Ashbery 15......Page 20 Elizabeth Bishop 30......Page 35 Hart Crane 41......Page 46 Countée Cullen 54......Page 59 Allen Ginsberg 64......Page 69 Thom Gunn 81......Page 86 A. E. Housman 94......Page 99 Charlotte Mew 107......Page 112 Frank O’Hara 112......Page 117 Adrienne Rich 121......Page 126 Arthur Rimbaud 135......Page 140 Sappho 147......Page 152 Siegfried Sassoon 159......Page 164 James Schuyler 170......Page 175 Gertrude Stein 180......Page 185 Paul Verlaine 193......Page 198 Alice Walker 203......Page 208 Walt Whitman 212......Page 217 Oscar Wilde 228......Page 233 Checklist for Explicating a Poem 239......Page 244 Bibliography 242......Page 247 Guide to Online Resources 245......Page 250 Geographical Index 249......Page 254 Category Index 250......Page 255 Subject Index 253......Page 258 Gay & Lesbian Themes is a single-volume reference that contains selected essays from Critical Survey of Poetry, Fourth Edition. Every article in this set was carefully selected by our editors to provide the best information available about the topic covered. The essays in Gay & Lesbian Themes discuss such influential poets as John Ashbery, Hart Crane, Allen Ginsburg, Sappho, and Oscar Wilde.