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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... Charlotte Mew , the smallness of whose literary output , brilliant as it was , has robbed her of a more significant place in the history of letters . These lesbian writers obfuscated their natural material by silence . Another passive ...
... Charlotte Mew , the smallness of whose literary output , brilliant as it was , has robbed her of a more significant place in the history of letters . These lesbian writers obfuscated their natural material by silence . Another passive ...
Page 446
... Charlotte Mew ( 1869-1928 ) Much of Charlotte Mew's poetry focuses passionately and romantically on women , but Mew never permitted herself to create a female persona for these poems . Whenever their gender is identified , her lovers of ...
... Charlotte Mew ( 1869-1928 ) Much of Charlotte Mew's poetry focuses passionately and romantically on women , but Mew never permitted herself to create a female persona for these poems . Whenever their gender is identified , her lovers of ...
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... Mew followed D'Arcy to Paris , but finally gave up her pursuit when she ... Charlotte M. " had chased her upstairs into the bedroom and " I assure you ... Mew affectionate notes and pleading for their meeting . Considering Mew's own ...
... Mew followed D'Arcy to Paris , but finally gave up her pursuit when she ... Charlotte M. " had chased her upstairs into the bedroom and " I assure you ... Mew affectionate notes and pleading for their meeting . Considering Mew's own ...
Contents
MENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 9 |
WOMENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 17 |
Aphra Behn | 24 |
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