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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... dark , you know . " " Am I dark ? " " Very dark ; but many people are dark , of course ; and for my part I always liked dark eyes , " said this mendacious person . " Do you like my eyes ? " asked Felipa anxiously . " Indeed I do : they ...
... dark , you know . " " Am I dark ? " " Very dark ; but many people are dark , of course ; and for my part I always liked dark eyes , " said this mendacious person . " Do you like my eyes ? " asked Felipa anxiously . " Indeed I do : they ...
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... dark rooms , or darken light ones , and their persons make their exits and their entrances as they please , and laugh at locksmiths . I had a dream that night that was the beginning of a very strange agony . I cannot call it a nightmare ...
... dark rooms , or darken light ones , and their persons make their exits and their entrances as they please , and laugh at locksmiths . I had a dream that night that was the beginning of a very strange agony . I cannot call it a nightmare ...
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... dark and heavy men there then . There were some who were not so heavy and some who were not so dark . Helen Furr and Georgine Skeene sat regularly with them . They sat regularly with the ones who were dark and heavy . They sat regularly ...
... dark and heavy men there then . There were some who were not so heavy and some who were not so dark . Helen Furr and Georgine Skeene sat regularly with them . They sat regularly with the ones who were dark and heavy . They sat regularly ...
Contents
MENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 9 |
WOMENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 17 |
Aphra Behn | 24 |
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