Hand in Hand with Love
An Anthology of Queer Classic Poetry
Published on 25. May 2023
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-5290-9266-0 (ISBN)
Description
Hand in Hand with Love is a celebration of queer voices throughout the ages. Spanning from Sappho and the Ancient Greeks to Edna St. Vincent Millay and the modernists, this luminous anthology champions and redefines the spectrum of queer poetry.
Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, cloth-bound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is edited by Dr Simon Avery, a specialist in queer history and culture at the University of Westminster.
Featuring visionary writers whose only space to express their intimate thoughts was on the page, pioneering poets who battled prejudice to be bold and forthright, and an electrifying range of famous authors such as Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson and Oscar Wilde, these dynamic voices paved the way for decades to come. Together, they offer a vivid archive of queer identity to be celebrated, discovered and treasured.
Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, cloth-bound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is edited by Dr Simon Avery, a specialist in queer history and culture at the University of Westminster.
Featuring visionary writers whose only space to express their intimate thoughts was on the page, pioneering poets who battled prejudice to be bold and forthright, and an electrifying range of famous authors such as Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson and Oscar Wilde, these dynamic voices paved the way for decades to come. Together, they offer a vivid archive of queer identity to be celebrated, discovered and treasured.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Dimensions
Height: 157 mm
Width: 101 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
146 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5290-9266-0 (9781529092660)
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05/2023
Macmillan Collector's Library
€6.99
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Person
Simon Avery is Reader in English at the University of Westminster where he teaches courses on nineteenth and twentieth-century literature and culture, gender and sexuality. His publications include Sex, Time and Place: Queer Histories of London, c.1850 to the Present (with Kate M. Graham), Elizabeth Barrett Browning, The Brownings: Victorian Literary Lives, Mary Coleridge: Selected Poems and Thomas Hardy: A Reader's Guide.