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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... leave her ! Her head on my knee laid down , That duvet so warm , so brown , I fondle , I dote on its springing . " Thou must never grow lonesome or old , Leave me rather to darkness and cold , O my Life , my Singing ! " A GIRL A girl ...
... leave her ! Her head on my knee laid down , That duvet so warm , so brown , I fondle , I dote on its springing . " Thou must never grow lonesome or old , Leave me rather to darkness and cold , O my Life , my Singing ! " A GIRL A girl ...
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... leave Bird alone in this world without others like herself would be more cruel than Gilda could ever be . The Girl must stay . She pushed back all doubts : Was the Girl too young ? Would she grow to hate the life she'd be given ? Would ...
... leave Bird alone in this world without others like herself would be more cruel than Gilda could ever be . The Girl must stay . She pushed back all doubts : Was the Girl too young ? Would she grow to hate the life she'd be given ? Would ...
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... leave you or the house . My home is here as long as you'll have me , " the Girl said in a clear voice . " What I ask is not an easy thing . You may feel you have nothing to go back to , but sooner or later we all want to go back to ...
... leave you or the house . My home is here as long as you'll have me , " the Girl said in a clear voice . " What I ask is not an easy thing . You may feel you have nothing to go back to , but sooner or later we all want to go back to ...
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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