Works by
Claude J. Summers
(Editor, Writer)

Isherwood on Writing: The Lectures in California (2007) by Claude J. Summers, Christopher Isherwood, and James J. Berg

The Queer Encyclopedia of Film and Television (2005)
From Hollywood films to TV soap operas, from Vegas extravaganzas to Broadway theater to haute couture, this comprehensive encyclopedia contains over 200 entries and 200 photos that document the irrepressible impact of queer creative artists on popular culture.

How did Liberace’s costumes almost kill him? Which lesbian comedian spent her high school years as “the best white cheerleader in Detroit?” For these answers and more, fans can dip into The Queer Encyclopedia of Film, Theater, and Popular Culture. Drawn from the fascinating online encyclopedia of queer arts and culture, www.glbtq.com — which the Advocate dubbed “the Encyclopedia Brittaniqueer” — this may be the only reference book in which RuPaul and Jean Cocteau jostle for space. From the porn industry to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, from bodybuilding to Dorothy Arzner, it’s a queer, queer world, and The Queer Encyclopedia is the indispensable guide: readable, authoritative, and concise. And perfect to read by candelabra. (The answers to the two questions above: from the dry cleaning fumes, Lily Tomlin.)

The Queer Encyclopedia of Music, Dance, and Musical Theater (2004) -- Finalist 2004 Lambda Literary Award for Drama
Aficionados of music, dance, opera, and musical theater will relish this volume featuring over 200 articles showcasing composers, singers, musicians, dancers, and choreographers across eras and styles.

The Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts (2004) -- Finalist Lambda Literary 2004 Lambda Literary Award for Photography/Visual Arts Awards
A comprehensive, authoritative queer guide to the visual arts

Fault Lines and Controversies in the Study of Seventeenth-Century English Literature (2002) by Claude J. Summers and Ted-Larry Pebworth

Ben Jonson Revised (2000)

Literary Circles and Cultural Communities in Renaissance England (2000) by Claude J. Summers and Ted-Larry Pebworth

The English Civil Wars in the Literary Imagination (1999) by Claude J. Summers and Ted-Larry Pebworth

Representing Women in Renaissance England (1997) by Claude J. Summers and Ted-Larry Pebworth

Selected Poems of Ben Jonson (1995) by Ben Jonson, Claude J. Summers, and Ted-Larry Pebworth

The Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage: A Reader's Companion to the Writers and Their Work, from Antiquity to the Present  (1995, revised) -- Winner of the 1995 Lambda Literary Award for Nonfiction Anthologies
Provides overviews of gay and lesbian presence in a variety of literatures and historical periods; in-depth critical essays on major gay and lesbian authors in world literature; and briefer treatments of other topics and figures important in appreciating the rich and varied gay and lesbian literary traditions.

The Wit of Seventeenth-Century Poetry (1995) by Claude J. Summers and Ted-Larry Pebworth

Gay Fictions (1994)

Renaissance Discourses of Desire (1993) by Claude J. Summers and Ted-Larry Pebworth

Homosexuality in Renaissance and Enlightenment England: Literary Representations in Historical Context (1992)

On the Celebrated and Neglected Poems of Andrew Marvell (1992)

E.M. Forster: A Guide to Research (1991)

Gay Fictions: Wilde to Stonewall: Studies in a Male Homosexual Literary Tradition (1990)

The "Muses Common-Weale" Poetry and Politics in the Seventeenth Century (1989) by Claude J. Summers and Ted-Larry Pebworth

Bright Shootes of Everlastingnesse: The Seventeenth-Century Religious Lyric (1987) by Claude J. Summers and Ted-Larry Pebworth

The Eagle and the Dove: Reassessing John Donne (1986) by Claude J. Summers and Ted-Larry Pebworth

E.M. Forster (1983)

Ben Jonson (1981)

Too Rich to Clothe the Sunne: Essays on George Herbert (1981) by Claude J. Summers and Ted-Larry Pebworth

Christopher Isherwood (1980)

Christopher Marlowe and the Politics of Power (1974)