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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... face of the earth was furrowed by floods and fire , the faces of mistress and maid were furrowed by smiles and tears , and in the sky the stars shone on as if nothing had happened . The village of Ashford added a few pages to its ...
... face of the earth was furrowed by floods and fire , the faces of mistress and maid were furrowed by smiles and tears , and in the sky the stars shone on as if nothing had happened . The village of Ashford added a few pages to its ...
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... face , slightly pitted with small - pox , and his chestnut wig . For a good while , every second day , he came and gave me medicine , which of course I hated . The morning after I saw this apparition I was in a state of terror , and ...
... face , slightly pitted with small - pox , and his chestnut wig . For a good while , every second day , he came and gave me medicine , which of course I hated . The morning after I saw this apparition I was in a state of terror , and ...
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... face , around HER face . She stared with such an ancient stare , heavy luxu- riant centuries flickering in deep processions . From her nacreous skin per- fumes spiralled like incense . Every gesture she made quickened the rhythm of the ...
... face , around HER face . She stared with such an ancient stare , heavy luxu- riant centuries flickering in deep processions . From her nacreous skin per- fumes spiralled like incense . Every gesture she made quickened the rhythm of the ...
Contents
MENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 9 |
WOMENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 17 |
Aphra Behn | 24 |
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