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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Page 97
... heterosexual love interest in her life . When her poet friend John Green- leaf Whittier asked her , “ Sarah , was thee ever in love ? " she replied , blush- ing , " No ! Whatever made you think that ? " and explained to him that she had ...
... heterosexual love interest in her life . When her poet friend John Green- leaf Whittier asked her , “ Sarah , was thee ever in love ? " she replied , blush- ing , " No ! Whatever made you think that ? " and explained to him that she had ...
Page 443
... heterosexual past , or sometimes claiming bisexuality , which , in certain eras , was not as shocking as " full - blown lesbianism . " Some writers , such as Katherine Mansfield , were indeed bisexual , but while the heterosexual ...
... heterosexual past , or sometimes claiming bisexuality , which , in certain eras , was not as shocking as " full - blown lesbianism . " Some writers , such as Katherine Mansfield , were indeed bisexual , but while the heterosexual ...
Page 508
... heterosexual sex , " I never will marry with any boy , " the narrator of " Like That " decides after observing the effect of heterosex- ual experience on her sister , " I never would let any fuss with any boy make me feel or look like ...
... heterosexual sex , " I never will marry with any boy , " the narrator of " Like That " decides after observing the effect of heterosex- ual experience on her sister , " I never would let any fuss with any boy make me feel or look like ...
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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