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Comparatively queer: Interrogating identities across time and cultures

This collection is the first to interrogate the national limits of comparative literature by using sexuality as the primary site of comparative analysis while simultaneously challenging the Anglocentric / presentist biases of queer studies. The nine contributors are international specialists in historical periods ranging from the medieval to the present day. They were selected from the sixty abstracts submitted in response to a call by the editors as exemplifying original historical or cross-cultural work at the intersections of queer and comparative studies. William Spurlin edited the essays, determined the book’s organisation, and co-wrote the critical Introduction with Jarrod Hayes.