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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One Sunday afternoon in early summer Miss Harriet Pyne came hurrying along
the entry that led to Martha ' s room and called two or three times before its
inhabitant could reach the door . Miss Harriet looked unusually cheerful and
excited ...
One Sunday afternoon in early summer Miss Harriet Pyne came hurrying along
the entry that led to Martha ' s room and called two or three times before its
inhabitant could reach the door . Miss Harriet looked unusually cheerful and
excited ...
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She called herself Carmilla ? ” asked the General , still agitated . “ Carmilla , yes ,
” I answered . “ Aye , ” he said ; " that is Millarca . That is the same person who
long ago was called Mircalla , Countess Karnstein . Depart from this accursed ...
She called herself Carmilla ? ” asked the General , still agitated . “ Carmilla , yes ,
” I answered . “ Aye , ” he said ; " that is Millarca . That is the same person who
long ago was called Mircalla , Countess Karnstein . Depart from this accursed ...
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a woman who talks to death is a dirty traitor inside a hamburger joint and dressed
as I am , a young man once called me names in Spanish then he called me
queer and slugged me . first I thought the ceiling had fallen down but there was
the ...
a woman who talks to death is a dirty traitor inside a hamburger joint and dressed
as I am , a young man once called me names in Spanish then he called me
queer and slugged me . first I thought the ceiling had fallen down but there was
the ...
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Contents
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
Katherine Fowler Philips | 17 |
Aphra Behn | 24 |
Copyright | |
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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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