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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... Charlotte Mew , for example , the prevalence of male personae in her love poetry may also be an indication of her transgendered self - perception . Mew's conception of herself as inverted , possessing a male soul , can explain , just as ...
... Charlotte Mew , for example , the prevalence of male personae in her love poetry may also be an indication of her transgendered self - perception . Mew's conception of herself as inverted , possessing a male soul , can explain , just as ...
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... Mew followed D'Arcy to Paris , but finally gave up her pursuit when she ... Charlotte M. " had chased her upstairs into the bedroom and " I assure you ... Mew affectionate notes and pleading for their meeting . Considering Mew's own ...
... Mew followed D'Arcy to Paris , but finally gave up her pursuit when she ... Charlotte M. " had chased her upstairs into the bedroom and " I assure you ... Mew affectionate notes and pleading for their meeting . Considering Mew's own ...
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... Charlotte Mew - A Memoir " in Collected Po- ems of Charlotte Mew ( London : Duckworth , 1953 ) . MONSIEUR QUI PASSE ( Quai Voltaire ) A purple blot against the dead white door In my friend's rooms , bathed in their vile pink light , I ...
... Charlotte Mew - A Memoir " in Collected Po- ems of Charlotte Mew ( London : Duckworth , 1953 ) . MONSIEUR QUI PASSE ( Quai Voltaire ) A purple blot against the dead white door In my friend's rooms , bathed in their vile pink light , I ...
Contents
Y Jean Jacques Rousseau | 12 |
Katherine Fowler Philips | 17 |
To My Excellent Lucasia on Our Friendship | 23 |
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