Hisham Al từ Kasia, Odisha, India

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05/05/2024

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2018-10-07 16:31

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On one hand it brought to my attention a number of intriguing texts I'd never even heard of and will be seeking out in the future, on the other hand it severely undercuts itself in its (admittedly well-intentioned) desire to spark the interest of a readership that isn't particularly literature-savvy. The loss, more often than not, is in depth--most entries are comprised of several paragraphs of biographical details regarding the author, a synopsis (usually more detailed than I prefer), some brief rationalization for its inclusion before throwing out some closing, rather week platitudes. A lot of the inevitable titles are accounted for (Dorian Gray, Maurice, In Search of Lost Time, Our Lady of the Flowers, Giovanni's Room), a lot of more obscure selections, some really unexpected entries (The Vampire Lestat, The Gospel of John) as well as a few choices where it's rather amusing to observe Drake do intellectual gymnastics to justify the inclusion (The Odyssey, The Glass Menagerie). To his credit, Drake is very up-front about his desire that this compilation should be a springboard for personal explorations, as well as thought and discussion about what was included and what was left out, and, by extension, the very nature of canonicity. And on that level, it's valuable. I just can't help but feel that there was a lot of potential that it never quite lives up to... "Frankly, I stand in firm agreement with [Harold Bloom:] that the Western Canon should not be tempered with for reasons of minority bias. The Gay Canon seeks to exist outside the Western Canon, touching upon it only where writers and works are in agreement. Yet The Gay Canon strives toward a goal similar to Bloom's: to isolate the qualities that made these gay authors canonical--that is, authoritative--in gay culture."

Người đọc Hisham Al từ Kasia, Odisha, India

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.