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Arrange the following works of Criticism chronologically:
A. Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
B. A History of Gay Literature: The Male Tradition
C. History of Sexuality
D. New Lesbian Criticism: Literary and Cultural Readings
E. Bodies That Matter
1. EDBCA
2. BACED
3. CADEB
4. CBADE
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Works and Their Publication Years:
C – History of Sexuality – 1976
Author: Michel Foucault
A foundational text in queer theory and gender studies.
A – Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity – 1990
Author: Judith Butler
Key text in queer theory, introducing performativity of gender.
D – New Lesbian Criticism: Literary and Cultural Readings – 1992
Editor: Sally Munt
An anthology offering lesbian readings in literary and cultural contexts.
E – Bodies That Matter – 1993
Author: Judith Butler
Follow-up to Gender Trouble, extending her theory of performativity.
B – A History of Gay Literature: The Male Tradition – 1998
Author: Gregory Woods
Surveys the development of gay literature in the West.
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