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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... literature . Such literature is resistant to easy definition since the very term " lesbian " may be confusing . Is a lesbian a woman who has sex with other women ? ( Recent sexological writing tells us that in long- term " lesbian ...
... literature . Such literature is resistant to easy definition since the very term " lesbian " may be confusing . Is a lesbian a woman who has sex with other women ? ( Recent sexological writing tells us that in long- term " lesbian ...
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... literature . But none of these criteria can be inclusive of the whole of lesbian literature . Zimmerman is somewhat persuasive , for example , in suggesting that lesbian literature deals with flexibility of gender roles and a ...
... literature . But none of these criteria can be inclusive of the whole of lesbian literature . Zimmerman is somewhat persuasive , for example , in suggesting that lesbian literature deals with flexibility of gender roles and a ...
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... Literature and the makers of literature were absent from these gath- erings and I delighted in that absence , along with the empty gaiety of the chatter and the diverting and challenging exchange of glances , the cryptic reference to ...
... Literature and the makers of literature were absent from these gath- erings and I delighted in that absence , along with the empty gaiety of the chatter and the diverting and challenging exchange of glances , the cryptic reference 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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