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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You flee , a fluid parting , Your hair falls in gentle tangles ; Your voice - a
treacherous tide ; Your arms — supple reeds , Long river reeds , their embrace
Enlaces , chokes , strangles savagely , Deep in the waves , an agony
Extinguished in a ...
You flee , a fluid parting , Your hair falls in gentle tangles ; Your voice - a
treacherous tide ; Your arms — supple reeds , Long river reeds , their embrace
Enlaces , chokes , strangles savagely , Deep in the waves , an agony
Extinguished in a ...
Page 402
Her hair went reaching down and down With little arms that hugged and slipped ,
And it was gold and it was brown . ... Her sister kissed her on the eyes Where
hidden angels went and came , She drew her hair back from her throat , And
there ...
Her hair went reaching down and down With little arms that hugged and slipped ,
And it was gold and it was brown . ... Her sister kissed her on the eyes Where
hidden angels went and came , She drew her hair back from her throat , And
there ...
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Anne Sexton Climb through my hair , climb in to me , love hovers here like a
mother ' s wish . You might have been , though you ' re not my mother . You let
loose like hair , like static her stilled wish , relentless in me and constant as
tropical ...
Anne Sexton Climb through my hair , climb in to me , love hovers here like a
mother ' s wish . You might have been , though you ' re not my mother . You let
loose like hair , like static her stilled wish , relentless in me and constant as
tropical ...
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CHLOE PLUS OLIVIA: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the Seventeenth Century to the Present
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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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictFaderman's (Surpassing the Love of Men, 1981) substantial compilation of literature about love between women includes works from over 75 European and North American writers from the 17th through the ... Read full review
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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