Peter Ackroyd: Queer City

Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day. UK 2018, 262 pp., pb.,, € 14.95
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Peter Ackroyd looks at the city in a whole new way - through the history and experiences of its gay community. In Roman Londinium the penis was worshipped and homosexuality could be found at public pleasure houses, brothels and hot baths. Then came the Emperor Constantine, with his bishops and clergy, monks and missionaries. His rule was accompanied by the ... Weiterlesen

Elizabeth Bishop: Prose

The Centenary Edition. UK 2011, 507 pp., brochure, € 27.95
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Lesbian author Elizabeth Bishop's prose is not nearly as well known as her poetry, but she was a dazzling prose writer, too. Her stories are often on the borderline of memoir, and vice versa. From her college days, she could find the most astonishing metaphors to illuminate her ideas. This volume includes virtually all her published shorter prose pieces and ... Weiterlesen