Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the Seventeenth Century to the PresentLesbian 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 156
At the trial the said Mary Price the wife , was produced as a witness , and being
asked by the council , whether she had ever any suspicion of the Doctor ' s sex
during the whole time of the courtship , she answered positively in the negative .
At the trial the said Mary Price the wife , was produced as a witness , and being
asked by the council , whether she had ever any suspicion of the Doctor ' s sex
during the whole time of the courtship , she answered positively in the negative .
Page 390
Looking at the ring , he asked whether there was a jeweller in this village , and I
said there was not . I told him that my father oftener went on business to Acton ,
ten miles away , than elsewhere . He examined very carefully the button which I ...
Looking at the ring , he asked whether there was a jeweller in this village , and I
said there was not . I told him that my father oftener went on business to Acton ,
ten miles away , than elsewhere . He examined very carefully the button which I ...
Page 529
The old lady looked very stern . She noticed that her bony cheeks were tattooed
with tiny blue crosses . “ Why ? ” asked the old lady abruptly in a deep voice . “
Why does she spend half her time with Moslem friends and half with Nazarenes ?
The old lady looked very stern . She noticed that her bony cheeks were tattooed
with tiny blue crosses . “ Why ? ” asked the old lady abruptly in a deep voice . “
Why does she spend half her time with Moslem friends and half with Nazarenes ?
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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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Bibliographic information
| Title | Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the Seventeenth Century to the Present |
| Editor | Lillian Faderman |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Viking, 1994 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 12 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0670846384, 9780670846382 |
| Length | 812 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / General |
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