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 491
... Clarissa regarding lesbianism in Mrs. Dalloway ( 1925 ) , written in the midst of her relationship with Vita , might well have been her own feelings : Clarissa " had a scruple picked up Heaven knows where , or , as she felt , sent by ...
... Clarissa regarding lesbianism in Mrs. Dalloway ( 1925 ) , written in the midst of her relationship with Vita , might well have been her own feelings : Clarissa " had a scruple picked up Heaven knows where , or , as she felt , sent by ...
Page 751
... Clarissa's attention , she came back to the sofa and curled herself up as before . They sat in companionable silence , sipping and watching the fire . Some color returned to Clarissa's face . She let go one shuddering sigh and then ...
... Clarissa's attention , she came back to the sofa and curled herself up as before . They sat in companionable silence , sipping and watching the fire . Some color returned to Clarissa's face . She let go one shuddering sigh and then ...
Page 757
... Clarissa flung her body from side to side and drenched Berenice's hand with profuse evidence of her pleasure . Then she was deathly still . Berenice moved to her head and petted her as one would a frightened animal . " There , there ...
... Clarissa flung her body from side to side and drenched Berenice's hand with profuse evidence of her pleasure . Then she was deathly still . Berenice moved to her head and petted her as one would a frightened animal . " There , there ...
Contents
MENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 9 |
WOMENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 17 |
Aphra Behn | 24 |
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