Henry Abelove is Willbur Fisk Osborne Professor of English and director of the Center for the Humanities at Wesleyan University. He is author of The Evangelist of Desire: John Wesley and the Methodists (1990) and coeditor (with Michele Aina Barale and David M. Halperin) of The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader (1993).

• Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Deep Gossip Freud, Male Homosexuality, and the Americans Some Speculations on the History of Sexual Intercourse during the Long Eighteenth Century in England From Thoreau to Queer Politics The Queering of Lesbian/Gay History American Studies, Queer Studies New York City Gay Liberation and the Gay Commuters Notes Permissions

"Provocative. . . Deep Gossip is crafted so well that it is almost certain to become a classic." -Lambda Book Report

Henry Abelove is Willbur Fisk Osborne Professor of English and director of the Center for the Humanities at Wesleyan University. He is author of The Evangelist of Desire: John Wesley and the Methodists (1990) and coeditor (with Michele Aina Barale and David M. Halperin) of The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader (1993).

• Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Deep Gossip Freud, Male Homosexuality, and the Americans Some Speculations on the History of Sexual Intercourse during the Long Eighteenth Century in England From Thoreau to Queer Politics The Queering of Lesbian/Gay History American Studies, Queer Studies New York City Gay Liberation and the Gay Commuters Notes Permissions

"Provocative. . . Deep Gossip is crafted so well that it is almost certain to become a classic." -Lambda Book Report

Henry Abelove is Willbur Fisk Osborne Professor of English and director of the Center for the Humanities at Wesleyan University. He is author of The Evangelist of Desire: John Wesley and the Methodists (1990) and coeditor (with Michele Aina Barale and David M. Halperin) of The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader (1993).

• Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Deep Gossip Freud, Male Homosexuality, and the Americans Some Speculations on the History of Sexual Intercourse during the Long Eighteenth Century in England From Thoreau to Queer Politics The Queering of Lesbian/Gay History American Studies, Queer Studies New York City Gay Liberation and the Gay Commuters Notes Permissions

"Provocative. . . Deep Gossip is crafted so well that it is almost certain to become a classic." -Lambda Book Report