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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... asked her if she wished to renounce everything and live with me . She was frightened , and asked for a week . We both agreed to that , and to abide by her decision , and he went away . On the day that Harold came home Violet tried to ...
... asked her if she wished to renounce everything and live with me . She was frightened , and asked for a week . We both agreed to that , and to abide by her decision , and he went away . On the day that Harold came home Violet tried to ...
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... 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 had found in ...
... 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 had found in ...
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... asked her , although she knew that some of the Moslems , par- ticularly the country people , enjoyed eating them . " It is a present for my aunt . Do you like it ? " " Yes , " she said . " I like porcupines . I like big porcupines and ...
... asked her , although she knew that some of the Moslems , par- ticularly the country people , enjoyed eating them . " It is a present for my aunt . Do you like it ? " " Yes , " she said . " I like porcupines . I like big porcupines and ...
Contents
MENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 9 |
WOMENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 17 |
Aphra Behn | 24 |
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