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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... interest in depicting such feminist principles in their works , though they focus on women's relationships . Still other critics have attempted to define as lesbian any writing that depicts intense friendships between women . Barbara ...
... interest in depicting such feminist principles in their works , though they focus on women's relationships . Still other critics have attempted to define as lesbian any writing that depicts intense friendships between women . Barbara ...
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... interest in her work . She has been mentioned most often in literary histories as a close friend of the novelist Henry James . Predictably , and despite what is now common knowledge of James's erotic interest in young men , even recent ...
... interest in her work . She has been mentioned most often in literary histories as a close friend of the novelist Henry James . Predictably , and despite what is now common knowledge of James's erotic interest in young men , even recent ...
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... interest . Her lesbian material generally excludes references to sexual interest , but its content may be seen as lesbian nonetheless . Like many homosexuals of her era and earlier who were influenced by the definitions of the ...
... interest . Her lesbian material generally excludes references to sexual interest , but its content may be seen as lesbian nonetheless . Like many homosexuals of her era and earlier who were influenced by the definitions of the ...
Contents
MENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 9 |
WOMENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 17 |
Aphra Behn | 24 |
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