THE HOMOSEXUAL IN LITERATURE A Chronological Bibliography

c. 700 B.C.

1958

First Edition

This bibliography provides a chronological listing of all known books in the English language, in the general field of fiction, concerned with male homosexuality, or having homosexual characters. It includes novels, short stories, short novels, poems, drama and fictionalized biography, plus a few other minor categories.

This bibliography does not include works not in the English language. It does not include works concerned with female homosexuals (except where incidentally also involved). It does not include medical or psychiatric works (e.g., Ellis, Kinsey et al.). It does not include philosophical studies (e.g., Plato's, Gide's Corydon et al.). It does not include magazine stories, unless subsequently published in "book" form, but the term "book" is taken to include various types of "paperbacks". It does not include ordinary (unfictionalized) biography or autobiography except when in the "primary" category (see below).

This bibliography is divided into two separate, parallel sections: Primary: Definition: Central character(s) clearly homosexual(s) and/or homosexuality is intrinsic part of central theme

or network of plots.

The order is chronological by years, alphabetical by author's surname within the same year, numbered consecutively. Short stories are given separate numbers (even if in the same book) but poems only one for the whole book. The date is U.S. publication date unless the work has not yet been published in the U.S. or has been published elsewhere more than 5 years before U.S. publication, but in the latter case there is usually an additional reference to cover U.S. publication. All citations are novels unless otherwise indicated (SS Short Stories; P Poetry D'Drama; SN Short Novels, etc.)

Other _Than_Primary. (referred to nereafter as OTP)

Definition: All other works not considered as "Primary", and differentiated by the following letter-symbols:

a: substantial, explicit dialogue or exposition involving major homosexual character(s).

b: substantial dialogue or explicit exposition involving minor homosexual character(s).

c: latent, veiled, repressed or implied homosexuality of a major character

d: brief, superficial references in dialogue or exposition, whether involving major or minor homosexual characters.

e: Third-person references (character not in book); Latent, veiled homosexuality of minor character in work of a significant author

f: false suspicion or accusation, or self-suspicion In some cases, where use of one letter alone would give an inadequate impression, several are used in combination, e.g. c/d or b&c. All letter symbols are found on the OTP listings to the left of applicable work. The order follows that of the Primary, but without consecutive numbering.

It does not by any means follow that all works which by definition are "Primary" are necessarily more significant, even with respect to substantial homosexual content, than all OTP works. To provide some further guidance, references (to the left) include the following asterisk notations, uniform to both Primary and OTP listings:

*** Very substantial

**Quite substantial, or something of especial inte*Not very substantial rest

(no asterisk) Rather negligible

It must be emphasized that literary merit, or interesting material of (1)