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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... face to face " or am I fancying so , and dreaming blessed dreams from which the day will wake me ? I hope for you so much , and feel so eager for you , feel that I cannot wait , feel that now I must have you - that the expectation once ...
... face to face " or am I fancying so , and dreaming blessed dreams from which the day will wake me ? I hope for you so much , and feel so eager for you , feel that I cannot wait , feel that now I must have you - that the expectation once ...
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... face but yours , no face seems beautiful to me but yours -your queer little ugly , alian [ sic ] Chink face . And no voice seems beau- tiful to me but yours - your queer , alian [ sic ] voice speaking broken English . . . . December 4 ...
... face but yours , no face seems beautiful to me but yours -your queer little ugly , alian [ sic ] Chink face . And no voice seems beau- tiful to me but yours - your queer , alian [ sic ] voice speaking broken English . . . . December 4 ...
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... face , slightly pitted with small - pox , and his chestnut wig . For a good while , every second day , he came and gave me medicine , which of course I hated . The morning after I saw this apparition I was in a state of terror , and ...
... face , slightly pitted with small - pox , and his chestnut wig . For a good while , every second day , he came and gave me medicine , which of course I hated . The morning after I saw this apparition I was in a state of terror , and ...
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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