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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She and Drollo followed the three of us wherever we went — followed the two
also whenever I staid behind to sketch , as I often staid , for in those days I was
trying to catch the secret of the salt - marsh ; a hopeless effort - I know it now .
She and Drollo followed the three of us wherever we went — followed the two
also whenever I staid behind to sketch , as I often staid , for in those days I was
trying to catch the secret of the salt - marsh ; a hopeless effort - I know it now .
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III WE COMPARE Notes We followed the cortège with our eyes until it was swiftly
lost to sight in the misty wood ; and the very sound of the hoofs and wheels died
away in the silent night air . Nothing remained to assure us that the adventure ...
III WE COMPARE Notes We followed the cortège with our eyes until it was swiftly
lost to sight in the misty wood ; and the very sound of the hoofs and wheels died
away in the silent night air . Nothing remained to assure us that the adventure ...
Page 351
At a later time , she felt something like a pair of large needles pierce her , a little
below the throat , with a very sharp pain . A few nights after , followed a gradual
and convulsive sense of strangulation ; then came unconsciousness . ” I could ...
At a later time , she felt something like a pair of large needles pierce her , a little
below the throat , with a very sharp pain . A few nights after , followed a gradual
and convulsive sense of strangulation ; then came unconsciousness . ” I could ...
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Contents
MENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 9 |
Womens WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 17 |
Aphra Behn | 24 |
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| 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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