Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the Seventeenth Century to the PresentLillian Faderman Lesbian and bisexual literature over the past four centuries, tracing the evolution of the genre from romantic friendship, through the exotic and evil, to the explicitly sexual. An example of exotic and evil is provided by Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 vampire novella, Carmilla. By the author of Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers. |
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... Alwynne - never a blot or a flourish ! It's a pleasure to read . " Alwynne laughed ruefully . She would always squirm good - humouredly under Clare's pin - pricks , with such amusement at her own discomfiture that Clare never knew ...
... Alwynne - never a blot or a flourish ! It's a pleasure to read . " Alwynne laughed ruefully . She would always squirm good - humouredly under Clare's pin - pricks , with such amusement at her own discomfiture that Clare never knew ...
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... Alwynne knew almost as much of Clare's schooldays as Clare did herself . She could never resist telling Alwynne sto- ries , Alwynne was always so genuinely breathless with interest . They returned to Louise at last , and Alwynne read ...
... Alwynne knew almost as much of Clare's schooldays as Clare did herself . She could never resist telling Alwynne sto- ries , Alwynne was always so genuinely breathless with interest . They returned to Louise at last , and Alwynne read ...
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... Alwynne , maddeningly unsuspicious Alwynne , had but enlightened her earlier in the evening ! Now she was caught , committed by her own decision of manner to the course of action she most would have wished to avoid . . . . She could not ...
... Alwynne , maddeningly unsuspicious Alwynne , had but enlightened her earlier in the evening ! Now she was caught , committed by her own decision of manner to the course of action she most would have wished to avoid . . . . She could not ...
Contents
MENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 9 |
WOMENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 17 |
To My Excellent Lucasia on Our Friendship | 23 |
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