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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... sitting - room ; somehow the doors and woodwork of the sitting - room were pocked with bullet marks . Denys was there too , and she kept saying all kinds of wild things , like , " Let me explain , " or , " Tell her it isn't true , " and ...
... sitting - room ; somehow the doors and woodwork of the sitting - room were pocked with bullet marks . Denys was there too , and she kept saying all kinds of wild things , like , " Let me explain , " or , " Tell her it isn't true , " and ...
Page 386
... sitting - room , are both from the right foot ; one is brighter than the other , but both are faint . The foot was evidently either bare or clad only in a stocking the prints are so widely spread . They are wider than my father's shoes ...
... sitting - room , are both from the right foot ; one is brighter than the other , but both are faint . The foot was evidently either bare or clad only in a stocking the prints are so widely spread . They are wider than my father's shoes ...
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... sitting there on the curb drawing with a stick on the dusty street when Sis and Tuck rode by slowly in his car . She was sitting over very close to him . They weren't talking or smiling — just riding slowly down the street , sitting ...
... sitting there on the curb drawing with a stick on the dusty street when Sis and Tuck rode by slowly in his car . She was sitting over very close to him . They weren't talking or smiling — just riding slowly down the street , sitting ...
Contents
MENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 9 |
WOMENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 17 |
Aphra Behn | 24 |
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