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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... turned like a poor trapped creature first this way then that , when suddenly confronted with having to come and be with me in England , and this is why your letter was full of such trivial worries about nothing . ... . . . I will not ...
... turned like a poor trapped creature first this way then that , when suddenly confronted with having to come and be with me in England , and this is why your letter was full of such trivial worries about nothing . ... . . . I will not ...
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... turned up to the sky , and sometimes bowed down toward the ground , seemed to wear a perpetual smile ; his long thin arms were swinging , and his lank hands , in old black gloves ever so much too wide for them , waving and gesticu ...
... turned up to the sky , and sometimes bowed down toward the ground , seemed to wear a perpetual smile ; his long thin arms were swinging , and his lank hands , in old black gloves ever so much too wide for them , waving and gesticu ...
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... turned to him and her head bent . He tossed the coat away , put his hands on her shoulders and turned her violently to him . His lips said : " I adore you , " and Miss Fulton laid her moonbeam fingers on his cheeks and smiled her sleepy ...
... turned to him and her head bent . He tossed the coat away , put his hands on her shoulders and turned her violently to him . His lips said : " I adore you , " and Miss Fulton laid her moonbeam fingers on his cheeks and smiled her sleepy ...
Contents
MENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 9 |
WOMENS WRITING ON ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP | 17 |
Aphra Behn | 24 |
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