Gay History and Literature: Writings by Rictor Norton

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Gay History and Literature: Essays by Rictor Norton

HOMOSEXUALITY IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND A Sourcebook of Primary Documents		THE GAY SUBCULTURE IN GEORGIAN ENGLAND

GAY LOVE LETTERS THROUGH THE CENTURIES		LESBIAN HISTORY

THE GREAT QUEERS OF HISTORY		THE QUEER CANON

CRITIQUE OF QUEER THEORY		REVIEWS AND CRITIQUES

HOMOSEXUALITY IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND A Sourcebook of Primary Documents		JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS

QUEER CULTURE		THE HOMOSEXUAL PASTORAL TRADITION

A HISTORY OF HOMOPHOBIA		A HISTORY OF HOMOEROTICA

GEORGIAN LIFE AND LITERATURE My other website, on non-gay topics relating to 18th-century Britain		BOOKS BY RICTOR NORTON • Mother Clap's Molly House • My Dear Boy: Gay Love Letters through the Centuries • Gothic Readings 1764-1840 • Mistress of Udolpho: The Life of Anne Radcliffe • Eighteenth Century British Erotica • Part II • Myth of the Modern Homosexual Reissued by Bloomsbury Academic Editions in October 2016

MORE ABOUT ME • Interview with me on Notches Blog • Wikipedia Entry • A Brief Biography • Photos by me and my partner on Flickr • My Library on LibraryThing • My Facebook page My email is rictor_norton@yahoo.co.uk (copy and paste) This website is archived on the British Library's UK Web Archive.		LINKS • Links to Queer History Websites • Bibliography of Gay and Lesbian History WHAT'S NEW • My Podcast about Molly Houses for History Hit • Sodom, or The Quintessence of Debauchery • The Sodomite Popes, 1609 • A Gallery of Beautiful Boys, 1624 • Trial of the Earl of Castlehaven • Newspaper Reports for 1893 • A Tragic New Year's Eve, 1744 • Added explicit testimony from the sodomy trial of Samuel Foote in 1776. Updated 3 June 2023