Chloe plus Olivia: an anthology of lesbian literature from the seventeenth century to the presentCombining the works of four centuries of lesbian and bisexual writers, by Willa Cather, Gertrude Stein, Carson McCullers, and others, a collection reviews the shifting concept of "lesbian literature" by exploring six different genres. 15,000 first printing. |
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She took a little step toward it, stopping at her mother's voice. "Well, Cynthia,
have you anything to say?" Cynthia lifted her eyes. "Don't you think I have trouble
enough with your brothers? You, a grown girl, defying me! I can't understand it.
She took a little step toward it, stopping at her mother's voice. "Well, Cynthia,
have you anything to say?" Cynthia lifted her eyes. "Don't you think I have trouble
enough with your brothers? You, a grown girl, defying me! I can't understand it.
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I feel you in me; I feel my own voice becoming heavier, as if I were drinking you in
, every delicate thread of resemblance being soldered by fire and one no longer
detects the fissure. Your lies are not lies, Sabina. They are arrows flung out of ...
I feel you in me; I feel my own voice becoming heavier, as if I were drinking you in
, every delicate thread of resemblance being soldered by fire and one no longer
detects the fissure. Your lies are not lies, Sabina. They are arrows flung out of ...
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ant voice a voice quite worth cultivating. She did not mind working. She worked to
cultivate her voice. She did not find it gay living in the same place where she had
always been living. She went to a place where some were cultivating ...
ant voice a voice quite worth cultivating. She did not mind working. She worked to
cultivate her voice. She did not find it gay living in the same place where she had
always been living. She went to a place where some were cultivating ...
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CHLOE PLUS OLIVIA: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the Seventeenth Century to the Present
User Review - KirkusTo lead off her anthology of lesbian literature, Faderman (English and Lesbian Studies/California State Univ., Fresno; Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers, not reviewed, etc.) has chosen...Montaigne. He's ... Read full review
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Contents
Mens Writing on Romantic Friendship | 9 |
Womens Writing on Romantic Friendship | 17 |
Aphra Behn | 24 |
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| Title | Chloe plus Olivia: an anthology of lesbian literature from the seventeenth century to the present |
| Author | Lillian Faderman |
| Editor | Lillian Faderman |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Viking, 1994 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0670846384, 9780670846382 |
| Length | 812 pages |
| Subjects | › Bisexuality Bisexuality/ Literary collections Fiction Fiction / Lesbian Lesbians Lesbians in literature Lesbians' writings Lesbians' writings, American Lesbians' writings, English Lesbians/ Literary collections Literary Collections / General Literary collections Social Science / General Translations into English |
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