Ellen T. Harris

So many of the books which purport to find 'gay' undercurrents in the past use so self-evidently dubious historiography that it is tempting to disregard all studies of this kind. I think that Ellen Harris' book is a wonderful and judicious exception, scrupulously attentive to the evidence; never once placing greater weight upon the evidence than it will really bear; and opening up just enough scope for us to be able to encounter the young Handel plausibly as a human being, but without prurience or evasiveness one way or the other; and rejoicing - as we all should - in the music.… (mais)