Scandal in the Ink: Male and Female Homosexuality in Twentieth-Century French Literature (Cassell Lesbian and Gay Studies)

This study of the influences and roles of homosexual writers and themes in modern French literature examines how views of homosexuality are polarized between negative self-hatred (Proust) and positive idealization (Gide and the Blarney Group). Because the nature of identity is a key theme in 20th-century French literature, the quest for understanding sexual identities and self-image is an integral focus for the contemporary writers cited here.