Oraisons funèbres

"The homosexual in literature" by Noel I. Garde is a literary reference work written in the mid-20th century. It likely surveys and critiques portrayals of homosexuality across literary traditions, cataloging authors and texts while decoding themes, euphemisms, and social attitudes. Aimed at readers and scholars, it maps patterns of representation and the shifting cultural lens through which same-sex desire has been depicted. The opening of the provided volume presents a French preface by René Doumic praising Bossuet’s funeral orations, arguing that he transformed a courtly showpiece into a vehicle of historical truth, moral judgment, and Christian doctrine, with examples touching Condé, Turenne, Anne de Gonzague, and others. It then launches into Bossuet’s oration for Henriette‑Marie of France, Queen of Great Britain, framing her life as a lesson to rulers and recounting her virtues, protection of English Catholics, ordeals during the Civil War and exile, Charles I’s steadfastness, Cromwell’s ascendancy, and the Restoration under the guidance of Providence. The section closes by beginning the oration for Henriette‑Anne, Duchess of Orléans, introduced with “Vanity of vanities,” turning to the fragility of worldly glory despite illustrious birth. (This is an automatically generated summary.)