Contents:
- WAS ACHILL GAY? WHAT WE KNOW FROM CLASSIL LERATURE
- THE PROFOUND GAY LOVE STORI OF THE OLD GUARD AND SONG OF ACHILL
WAS ACHILL GAY? WHAT WE KNOW FROM CLASSIL LERATURE
Much of the ntemporary LGBTQ+ lerature we are exposed to today mak beg gay the only thg the book is about. Gay people didn’t jt happen to show up the past 100 years.
It serv as a great example of LGBTQ+ reprentatn that approach and treats gay romance the same way straight romance would be wrten about. The Song of Achill tak this story and foc on Achill and his iend/lover Patrocl, fully embracg the homosexualy of their relatnship that so many other retellgs ignore.
Please be aware, however, there is some vlence this story, as well as homophobia at some plac.
THE PROFOUND GAY LOVE STORI OF THE OLD GUARD AND SONG OF ACHILL
One of the most asked qutns of all time is: was Achill gay? One of the ma arguments that suggt he might have been gay is the exprsn of love between Achill and his clost iend Patrocl, who he had known sce childhood.