In Love Stories, Jonathan Ned Katz presents stories of men's intimacies with men during the nineteenth century--including those of Abraham Lincoln--drawing flesh-and-blood portraits of intimate...

In Love Stories, Jonathan Ned Katz presents stories of men's intimacies with men during the nineteenth century--including those of Abraham Lincoln--drawing flesh-and-blood portraits of intimate friendships and the ways in which men struggled to name, define, and defend their sexual feelings for one another. In a world before gay and straight referred to sexuality, men like Walt Whitman and John Addington Symonds created new ways to name and conceive of their erotic relationships with other men. Katz, diving into history through diaries, letters, newspapers, and poems, offers us a clearer picture than ever before of how men navigated the uncharted territory of male-male desire.


Author: Jonathan Ned Katz
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 06/15/2003
Pages: 440
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.08h x 6.20w x 1.07d
ISBN: 9780226426167

About the Author
Jonathan Ned Katz has been writing about sexuality in society and history for over twenty-five years. Beginning with the groundbreaking Gay American History, he also published the Gay/Lesbian Almanac and The Invention of Heterosexuality, among other books and articles.