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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... became chair of the English Department . Coman became chair of the Ec- onomics Department and Dean of the college . A 1952 biographer described Coman as Bates's " closest and dearest friend throughout her life . " The two women , who ...
... became chair of the English Department . Coman became chair of the Ec- onomics Department and Dean of the college . A 1952 biographer described Coman as Bates's " closest and dearest friend throughout her life . " The two women , who ...
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... became acquainted with some of the people called Methodists , and was by them persuaded to embrace their sect . At her return to the Isle of Man , she soon made an easy convert of Molly Hamilton , the warmth of whose disposition ...
... became acquainted with some of the people called Methodists , and was by them persuaded to embrace their sect . At her return to the Isle of Man , she soon made an easy convert of Molly Hamilton , the warmth of whose disposition ...
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... became a civil - rights and gay - rights activist in her early twenties . When she was expelled from the University of Florida for her activism and lesbianism she went to New York , where , in 1967 , she helped found one of the first ...
... became a civil - rights and gay - rights activist in her early twenties . When she was expelled from the University of Florida for her activism and lesbianism she went to New York , where , in 1967 , she helped found one of the first ...
Contents
Y Jean Jacques Rousseau | 12 |
Katherine Fowler Philips | 17 |
To My Excellent Lucasia on Our Friendship | 23 |
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