Abelove adresses the wilful misreading of Freud's views on homosexulality among American psychoanalysts; reconsiders sexual practice during England's long 18th ... » 

Abelove adresses the wilful misreading of Freud's views on homosexulality among American psychoanalysts; reconsiders sexual practice during England's long 18th century; assesses the contemporary relevance of Thoreau's walden, particularly to queer politics; and traces the emergence of a distinctly queer critique of previous approaches to lesbian and gay history. «