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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Page 78
I can always tell old Mr . Whitcomb - he ' s got a kind of a hitch when he walks ,
you know ; an ' Mis ' Addison White always carries a parasol , an ' I can tell her . I
can see somethin ' bobbin ' overhead , an ' I know who ' tis . ” “ Queer , ain ' t it ...
I can always tell old Mr . Whitcomb - he ' s got a kind of a hitch when he walks ,
you know ; an ' Mis ' Addison White always carries a parasol , an ' I can tell her . I
can see somethin ' bobbin ' overhead , an ' I know who ' tis . ” “ Queer , ain ' t it ...
Page 79
It sounds kind of hard , but ' tain ' t the kind of cough that kills folks . Why , I cough
myself half the time . ” Sarah hacked a little as she spoke . “ Old Mis ' Vane died of
consumption , didn ' t she ? ” “ Consumption ! Jest about as much consumption ...
It sounds kind of hard , but ' tain ' t the kind of cough that kills folks . Why , I cough
myself half the time . ” Sarah hacked a little as she spoke . “ Old Mis ' Vane died of
consumption , didn ' t she ? ” “ Consumption ! Jest about as much consumption ...
Page 154
... upon which the mother ( sic ] seizing the former violently by the collar , tore
open her wastecoat , and rent her shirt , so that all her breast was discovered ,
which , tho ' beyond expression beautiful in a woman , were of so different a kind
from ...
... upon which the mother ( sic ] seizing the former violently by the collar , tore
open her wastecoat , and rent her shirt , so that all her breast was discovered ,
which , tho ' beyond expression beautiful in a woman , were of so different a kind
from ...
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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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