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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... Tetum sits in among the coal and the mules and the chickens . Two little boy musicians came by . I gave them some money and Tetum ordered songs . Soon we had a big crowd around us , one of those Marrakech circles . Everybody stopped ...
... Tetum sits in among the coal and the mules and the chickens . Two little boy musicians came by . I gave them some money and Tetum ordered songs . Soon we had a big crowd around us , one of those Marrakech circles . Everybody stopped ...
Page 522
... Tetum . " We are going to two saints , " Tetum said . " First Sidi Menarie and then we'll stop at the other saint's on the way back . He's buried on the edge of town and we've got to take the children to him and cut their throats be ...
... Tetum . " We are going to two saints , " Tetum said . " First Sidi Menarie and then we'll stop at the other saint's on the way back . He's buried on the edge of town and we've got to take the children to him and cut their throats be ...
Page 523
... Tetum's neighbors were ugly . One in particular- “ Like a turtle , " Temsamany said . She kept looking down into her lap . Tetum the captain of the group said to the turtle , " Look at the world . Look at the world . " " I am looking at ...
... Tetum's neighbors were ugly . One in particular- “ Like a turtle , " Temsamany said . She kept looking down into her lap . Tetum the captain of the group said to the turtle , " Look at the world . Look at the world . " " I am looking at ...
Contents
MENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 9 |
WOMENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 17 |
Aphra Behn | 24 |
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