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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... relationship with Wood , which lasted until 1931 , has been de- scribed by Barnes's biographers , such as Andrew Field , as " tempestuous . " It was one of the models for the Nora - Robin relationship in Nightwood . Like Nora , Barnes ...
... relationship with Wood , which lasted until 1931 , has been de- scribed by Barnes's biographers , such as Andrew Field , as " tempestuous . " It was one of the models for the Nora - Robin relationship in Nightwood . Like Nora , Barnes ...
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... relationship [ italics are Mansfield's ] living on in its secret corrupt way beside my relationship with you is very extraordinary ; no one would believe it . I am two selves — one my true self — the other that she creates in me to ...
... relationship [ italics are Mansfield's ] living on in its secret corrupt way beside my relationship with you is very extraordinary ; no one would believe it . I am two selves — one my true self — the other that she creates in me to ...
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... relationships but would be " very hurt " if she got involved with another male . Jane now saw herself as being emo- tionally split . She wrote a friend in 1950 about her fulfilling relationship in Paris with a woman , “ Marty ...
... relationships but would be " very hurt " if she got involved with another male . Jane now saw herself as being emo- tionally split . She wrote a friend in 1950 about her fulfilling relationship in Paris with a woman , “ Marty ...
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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