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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... masculine fashion and still not be suspected of improper sexual behavior as long as they were not caught " with the goods , " that is , a dildo , which alone might signify to men the commission of a sexual act with another woman . Women ...
... masculine fashion and still not be suspected of improper sexual behavior as long as they were not caught " with the goods , " that is , a dildo , which alone might signify to men the commission of a sexual act with another woman . Women ...
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... masculine in his erotic life may still be inverted in respect to his object , loving only men instead of women . A ... masculine body ; a masculine mind , irresistibly attracted by women , but , alas ! imprisoned in a feminine body ...
... masculine in his erotic life may still be inverted in respect to his object , loving only men instead of women . A ... masculine body ; a masculine mind , irresistibly attracted by women , but , alas ! imprisoned in a feminine body ...
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... masculine identification , which she associates with the dark side of her nature . Her masculinity also appears sometimes as an amusing masquerade and sometimes as a self - consciously romantic stance : she is Heathcliff out of ...
... masculine identification , which she associates with the dark side of her nature . Her masculinity also appears sometimes as an amusing masquerade and sometimes as a self - consciously romantic stance : she is Heathcliff out of ...
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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