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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... beautiful woman . I suppose I was right when I thought you were ugly - but while I thought this I fell madly in love , and now I can see no face but yours , no face seems beautiful to me but yours -your queer little ugly , alian [ sic ] ...
... beautiful woman . I suppose I was right when I thought you were ugly - but while I thought this I fell madly in love , and now I can see no face but yours , no face seems beautiful to me but yours -your queer little ugly , alian [ sic ] ...
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... beautiful young woman who pretends to have a twin brother , in whose guise she seduces another woman . Fragoletta influenced two 1835 novels , Théophile Gautier's Ma- demoiselle de Maupin and Honoré de Balzac's The Girl with the Golden ...
... beautiful young woman who pretends to have a twin brother , in whose guise she seduces another woman . Fragoletta influenced two 1835 novels , Théophile Gautier's Ma- demoiselle de Maupin and Honoré de Balzac's The Girl with the Golden ...
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... beautiful Dusk , through the beautiful , blue - black hair of the Dusk , Through her beautiful parted hair- Your eyes , Kissing mine . NAUGHTY NAN I Naughty Nan If you can Tell me how your frowns and smiles , Sudden tears , and naive ...
... beautiful Dusk , through the beautiful , blue - black hair of the Dusk , Through her beautiful parted hair- Your eyes , Kissing mine . NAUGHTY NAN I Naughty Nan If you can Tell me how your frowns and smiles , Sudden tears , and naive ...
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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