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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... females was rare . Therefore , though so much was denied to women during these centuries by men who were the authors and arbiters of the standards of social behavior , intense , passionate female - female relation- ships were allowed to ...
... females was rare . Therefore , though so much was denied to women during these centuries by men who were the authors and arbiters of the standards of social behavior , intense , passionate female - female relation- ships were allowed to ...
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... female congenital invert . Mrs. Freke ( the " Mrs. " is , of course , an honorific ) is a " freak " because she eschews all aspects of what was considered appropriate female gender behavior . There is no hint that she has sexual ...
... female congenital invert . Mrs. Freke ( the " Mrs. " is , of course , an honorific ) is a " freak " because she eschews all aspects of what was considered appropriate female gender behavior . There is no hint that she has sexual ...
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... female sexual interest does not exist in the universe that McCullers constructs , or it is glanced over , or it is shown as dangerous , destructive , or quite beside the point of female existence . Although McCullers's lesbian material ...
... female sexual interest does not exist in the universe that McCullers constructs , or it is glanced over , or it is shown as dangerous , destructive , or quite beside the point of female existence . Although McCullers's lesbian material ...
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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