Rictor Norton

Books and Articles Written by Rictor Norton

Books

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Gothic Readings: The First Wave 1764-1840

London: Leicester University Press, 2000. Synopsis

Mistress of Udolpho: The Life of Ann Radcliffe

London: Leicester University Press, 1999. Synopsis

The Myth of the Modern Homosexual: Queer History and the Search for Cultural Unity

London: Cassell, 1997. Brief Synopsis

My Dear Boy: Gay Love Letters through the Centuries

San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press, 1998. Contents

Mother Clap's Molly House: The Gay Subculture in England 1700-1830

London: Gay Men's Press, 1992. Synopsis and Reviews

The Homosexual Literary Tradition: An Interpretation

New York: Revisionist Press, 1974.

Essays reprinted in Gay Roots:

Gay London in the 1720s; Ganymede Raped - The Critic as Censor; Reflections on the Gay Movement; The Passions of Michelangelo; Hard Gemlike Flame: Walter Pater and His Circle; The Historical Roots of Homophobia (containing material not previously published). Ed. Winston Leyland, San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press, Vol. I, 1991; Vol. II, 1993.

Articles

The Male Bond in Renaissance Literature

(Richard Barnfield) There's A Place for Us, 1, 1 (1971), 8.

The Turn of the Screw: Coincidentia Oppositorum

(Henry James's Turn of the Screw), American Imago, 28, 4 (1971), 373-390.

Folklore and Myth in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

(Edward Albee's play) Renascence, 23, 3 (1971), 159-167.

The Homosexual as Outsider

Share, 30 November 1971, 10.

Aesthetic Gothic Horror

Yearbook of Comparative and General Literature, 21 (1972), 31-40.

Daemons in the Lavender Forest

Embryo, 1, 5 (1972), 21, 24.

An Open Letter

To the Florida State Legislature Concerning a Change in the Sodomy Statutes. Privately printed, Tallahassee, Florida, 1972.

Literature and Obscenity and the Wild Earl of Rochester

California Scene, 3, 8 (January 1972-73), 33-4.

The Fool of Fonthill

(William Beckford), Advocate, 23 (1973). Revised and reprinted in Gay News 41 (1973), 9.

Gay Genius: Bacon Rose High Under Queen James

(Sir Francis Bacon) Advocate, 119 (1973), 39. Reprinted in Gay News 31 (1973), 11.

Blessed Are the Puer in Heart (Rev E. E. Bradford)

Gay News, 33 (1973), 15.

Gay Tales of Terror

(Gay gothic novelists), Gay News 34 (1973), 10.

Ganymede in Renaissance Literature

Gay Sunshine, 19 (1973), 16.

In the Days When Monks Were Mad (about each other)

(Medieval gay poetry), Gay, 4, 94 (1973), 14.

Whitman a Closet Case

(Carpenter celebrated joy of gay love in his poems) Advocate, 111 (1973), 26.

The Case of Mervyn Touchet

Gay News 50 (1974), 13. Reprinted as "Well, I'll Be Buggered": Merv lost his head over boys in bed", Advocate, 138 (1974), 38-9.

Ganymede Raped: Gay Literature - Critic as Censor

Gay Sunshine, 23 (November-December 1974), 12-13, 26. Revised and reprinted in The Male Homosexual in Literature: A Bibliography, ed. Ian Young. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1975, pp. 193-205.

Hard Gemlike Flame: Walter Pater and His Circle

Gay Sunshine, 21 (1974), 14-15.

The Homosexual Literary Tradition

(Course Outline and Objectives) College English, 35 (1974), 674-92. Presentation to the 62nd Annual Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English in November 1972. Excerpts were published in NCTE's Convention Concerns, 1973, pp. 11-12..

The Homosexual Imagination

(ed. with Louie Crew) Special gay issue of College English, 36, 3 (November 1974). National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, Illinois.

The Homophobic Imagination: An Editorial

College English: The Homosexual Imagination, special issue (1974), 272-90.

An Interview with Eric Bentley

College English: The Homosexual Imagination, special issue (1974), 291-302.

The Origins of the Male Nude in Photographic Art

(or, The Beginnings of Beefcake) (Baron von Gloeden) Gay News 45 (1974), 10-11.

The Phoenix of Sodom

(Position-paper on gay history) Gay News 47 (1974), 12.

Walt Whitman: Prophet of Gay Liberation

Gay News 48 (1974), 10-11.

Educating the educators

(Prejudice in modern educational institutions) Gay News 54 (1974).

Trials at the Old Bailey

Quorum, 2, 10 (1974), 20-3.

Anatomy of Prejudice

(Interview with George Weinberg) Gay News 56 (1975), 13-14, 20.

The Biblical Roots of Homophobia

In Towards a Theology of Gay Liberation, London: Student Christian Movement, 1975, pp. 3-6.

Boys will be Girls will be Boys

(Transvestism in Renaissance literature) Quorum, 3, 1-2 (1975), 20-3.

Cocteau's White Paper on Homophobia

Gay Sunshine, 25 (1975), 10-11.

The Facts of Nature

(Advice on sexuality) Quorum, 3, 3-4 (1975), 39-41, 68

Neither Angels Nor Devils: Queen James and His Courtiers

Gay News 60 (1974), 13-14. (A revision of "Bacon Rose High" etc. from the Advocate.

A History of Homophobia

Phase 1: Homophobia and the Ancient Hebrews, Gay News 64 (1975), 11, 14.

A History of Homophobia

Phase 2: The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Gay News 68 (1975), 11-12.

A History of Homophobia

Phase 3: The Dark Ages, Gay News 73 (1975) 10.

A History of Homophobia

Phase 4: Gay Heretics & Witches, Gay News 87 (1976), 15-16.

Are Lesbians Better Adjusted?

Gay News 65 (1975), 12.

Naturens egna Lagar

Revolt, 19 (1975), 22-3, 73 (translation of "The Facts of Nature" from Quorum.

The Passions of Michelangelo

Gay News 65 (1975), 13-14.

Prejudice Against Homosexuals

Patterns of Prejudice 9, 4 (July-August 1975), 7-12.

The Raid on Mother Clap's

Quorum 3, 5-6 (August 1975), 32-5, 63.

Thistlethwayte & Swinton - A Gay Detective Story, 1739

Gay News 58 (1975), 11, 20.

Young Hung Stud Seeks Same

The Myths Behind the Wanton Ads, Gay News 69 (1975), 15.

Are Gays Healthier Than Hets?

Interview with Mark Freedman, Gay News 81 (1975), 11-12.

"One Day They Were Simply Gone"

Gays under the Nazis, Gay News 82 (1975), 13-14, 23.

Gay Tombs in Westminster Abbey

Gay News 85 (1975), 17.

Taking a "Husband"

(History of gay marriage ceremonies) Gay News 89 (1976), 17.

In Defence of Varied Interests

Gay News 91 (1976) 16.

Little Lord Keeper

Gay News 100 (1976), 29.

A Child of Peculiar Providence

(Rev John Church) Gay News 109 (1976), 19.

Cupid: Sweet-Faced Boy or Shame-Faced Catamite?

(Renaissance literature) Gay News 118 (1977), 22-3.

A History of Homoerotica

1: Problems of Pornography, Gay News 127, (1977), 21-22.

A History of Homoerotica

2: High Moral Climates, Gay News 130 (1977).

A History of Homoerotica

3: Do What Thou Wilt, Gay News 132 (1977).

A Visit to Fonthill

(William Beckford's estate in Wiltshire) Gay News 133 (1977/8), 32-3.

Lesbian Pirates?

(Ann Bonney and Mary Read) Gay News 147 (1978), 21-2.

Gay Heritage

(Beckford, Southampton etc.) Gay News 147 (1978) 16.

Gay Heritage

(Buckingham, Sackville-West etc.) Gay News 148 (1978), 27.

Gay Heritage

(Hampshire worthies) Gay News 150 (1978), 20.

(Book Reviews and Regular Columns are not listed.)