He's dead now, but the homosexual theme goes throughout his work.
Kramer then began to integrate homosexual themes into his work, and tried writing for the stage.
He began to feature homosexual and bisexual themes in his later works.
There is a strong homosexual theme in the novel.
Nevertheless, many works from the 1930s with a homosexual theme remained unpublished until much later.
But when he recommended a play with a frankly homosexual theme for a future production, his translator told him, "Don't bother."
Instead, he explored religious and homosexual themes in this novel.
Because both books included homosexual themes, some parents objected that the books were made available to high school students.
It has been studied since the late twentieth century for its homosexual themes and insights into nineteenth-century society.