This study investigates the place of sexuality in the writings of Andre Gide. Focusing on his work in the 1920s and 1930s, the years in which Gide wrote most openly about his homosexuality, the text shows how Gide's sexuality reflected his political interests.

"Gide's Bent is a generous as well as a deeply imaginative book. Michael Lucey brings to bear an array of theoretical skills that I would describe as dazzling, except that to dazzle is obviously the least of his intentions: the brilliance of his authorial proceeding is exceeded only by the modesty of the understated, constantly illuminating and clarifying authorial presence. This study marks a vibrant new moment in gay/lesbian and gender studies."--Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Duke University "Gide's Bent is a generous as well as a deeply imaginative book. Michael Lucey brings to bear an array of theoretical skills that I would describe as dazzling, except that to dazzle is obviously the least of his intentions: the brilliance of his authorial proceeding is exceeded only by the modesty of the understated, constantly illuminating and clarifying authorial presence. This study marks a vibrant new moment in gay/lesbian and gender studies."--Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Duke University