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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Page 136
... sexual prerogative of penetration may have been , however , there is also abundant evidence to suggest that women of other centuries could dress or comport themselves in a masculine fashion and still not be suspected of improper sexual ...
... sexual prerogative of penetration may have been , however , there is also abundant evidence to suggest that women of other centuries could dress or comport themselves in a masculine fashion and still not be suspected of improper sexual ...
Page 137
... sexual invert who learned to eschew sexual expression , " She became a decent , sexually at least , neutral person . " More- over , these sexologists ' strong Victorian convictions about appropriate gen- der behavior frequently led them ...
... sexual invert who learned to eschew sexual expression , " She became a decent , sexually at least , neutral person . " More- over , these sexologists ' strong Victorian convictions about appropriate gen- der behavior frequently led them ...
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... sexual inversion , but Ellis dismissed the possibility that she was " sexually inverted " since she was twice married to men , had a daughter , and did not write about sexual relations with other women in her auto- biography , A ...
... sexual inversion , but Ellis dismissed the possibility that she was " sexually inverted " since she was twice married to men , had a daughter , and did not write about sexual relations with other women in her auto- biography , A ...
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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