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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... KITTY : What a lovely thing to say . rita : ( To annie . ) You see ? She is a figurehead , jutting boldly and coura- geously from the prow of the ship of human rights . EVA : She's the most important woman in the twentieth century ...
... KITTY : What a lovely thing to say . rita : ( To annie . ) You see ? She is a figurehead , jutting boldly and coura- geously from the prow of the ship of human rights . EVA : She's the most important woman in the twentieth century ...
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... Kitty ? Is she going to make it through the summer ? KITTY : The chemotherapy appears to have had a positive effect . There's no sign of new growth . ANNIE : So she could get well and live for years . KITTY : She could . RITA : But , Kitty ...
... Kitty ? Is she going to make it through the summer ? KITTY : The chemotherapy appears to have had a positive effect . There's no sign of new growth . ANNIE : So she could get well and live for years . KITTY : She could . RITA : But , Kitty ...
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... KITTY can't answer . ANNIE turns away suddenly , about to cry . LIL puts her hand on ANNIE's shoulder . To ANNIE ... Kitty . KITTY : What are you asking me , Lil ? How long on your feet and pain - free ? LIL : Yes . I have to know . I ...
... KITTY can't answer . ANNIE turns away suddenly , about to cry . LIL puts her hand on ANNIE's shoulder . To ANNIE ... Kitty . KITTY : What are you asking me , Lil ? How long on your feet and pain - free ? LIL : Yes . I have to know . I ...
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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