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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... male literature in this book . I believe that while presently gay men and lesbians share many social prob- lems as well as achievements and joys , their histories have been quite dif- ferent , and their literature often reflects that ...
... male literature in this book . I believe that while presently gay men and lesbians share many social prob- lems as well as achievements and joys , their histories have been quite dif- ferent , and their literature often reflects that ...
Page 235
... male characters are often women in drag , and that novels such as My Ántonia ( 1918 ) and One of Ours ( 1922 ) can be read as lightly encoded lesbian stories . The narrator of My Ántonia , for example , is nominally a heterosexual male ...
... male characters are often women in drag , and that novels such as My Ántonia ( 1918 ) and One of Ours ( 1922 ) can be read as lightly encoded lesbian stories . The narrator of My Ántonia , for example , is nominally a heterosexual male ...
Page 507
... male homosexuality is more direct . Her familiarity with gay male culture dates back to her youthful days in Columbus , Georgia , where , in male attire and the only female in the group , she would accompany her men friends to ...
... male homosexuality is more direct . Her familiarity with gay male culture dates back to her youthful days in Columbus , Georgia , where , in male attire and the only female in the group , she would accompany her men friends 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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