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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... story , " On the Gulls ' Road , " that the male lover did not ring true . His characterization , which really suggested to Jewett a female , could only be seen as " something of a masquerade , " she said . But perhaps these ...
... story , " On the Gulls ' Road , " that the male lover did not ring true . His characterization , which really suggested to Jewett a female , could only be seen as " something of a masquerade , " she said . But perhaps these ...
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... stories are sexually traumatized at the height of their innocence and therefore sent along the lesbian path , as the Freudians were insisting . In the following story from The End of Childhood , " Two Hanged Women , " the influence of ...
... stories are sexually traumatized at the height of their innocence and therefore sent along the lesbian path , as the Freudians were insisting . In the following story from The End of Childhood , " Two Hanged Women , " the influence of ...
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... story about a happy romantic friendship , " Two Friends " ( see p . 77 ) , provides a revealing contrast to her 1895 story , " The Long Arm , " demonstrating that in a very brief period of time the image of romantic friendship began to ...
... story about a happy romantic friendship , " Two Friends " ( see p . 77 ) , provides a revealing contrast to her 1895 story , " The Long Arm , " demonstrating that in a very brief period of time the image of romantic friendship began to ...
Contents
MENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 9 |
WOMENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 17 |
Aphra Behn | 24 |
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