ENGL 162 LGBTQ Literature

Find LGBTQIA Literature & Criticism

Find Books By and About your Authors

Read books/book chapters to learn about authors, issues, theories and texts, and to find literary works by the authors under study.

  • Tip: Books may be print or digital. Be sure to check out our e-book collections for current theory and analysis.
  • Tip: Use relevant keywords and subject terms to find books.
  • Tip: You may also change the search field to Author to find works BY an author.

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Sample KEYWORDS: 

  • Author's name: James Baldwin
  • Info type: James Baldwin AND criticism
  • Concept: sexuality
  • Theoretical lens: "queer theory"

Basic SEARCH TIPS:

  • Use AND to connect and focus key ideas
  • Use OR for synonyms/alternative terms
  • Use NOT to exclude info
  • Use "quotation marks" to search phrases
  • Use truncation for forms of a word: ex: sex* = sex, sexism, sexual, sexuality

Sample SUBJECT TERMS:

  • Gays' writings, American -- History and criticism
  • American literature -- Minority authors -- History and criticism
  • Minorities -- United States -- Intellectual life
  • Homosexuality and literature -- United States
  • Gays -- United States -- Intellectual life
  • Ethnic groups in literature
  • Minorities in literature
  • Ethnicity in literature
  • Lesbians in literature
  • Gay men in literature
  • Race in literature
  • Lesbians' writings, American--History and criticism
  • Homosexuality and literature--United States--History--20th century
  • Lesbians' writings, American--Study and teaching
  • Sex in literature
  • Gender Identity Juvenile Literature
  • Transgender People Juvenile Literature

Sample Titles: About LGBTQIA+ Literature and Authors

UnPopular Culture: Lesbian writing after the sex wars

Ebook. Click on title, above, for link.

Whitman's queer children : America's homosexual epics

Ebook. Click on title, above, for link.

Henry James and Queer Modernity

Ebook. Click on title, above, for link.

Latina Lesbian Writers and Artists

Ebook. Click on title, above, for link.

Dayneford's Library: American homosexual writing, 1900-1913

Available online through EBSCO eBook Collection--Click book title for access

Auden's Games of Knowledge: Poetry and the meanings of homosexuality

Available online through EBSCO eBook Collection--Click book title for access

Queer Art: A Freak Theory

EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection

Sample Titles BYLGBTQIA Authors

Tags: LGBTQIA