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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... child , and a male one ; that what she desired was her father's child and an image of him , her consciousness was not allowed to know . And what happened next ? It was not she who bore the child , but her unconsciously hated rival , her ...
... child , and a male one ; that what she desired was her father's child and an image of him , her consciousness was not allowed to know . And what happened next ? It was not she who bore the child , but her unconsciously hated rival , her ...
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... child in his arms . I hurried to meet them . “ I shall never forgive myself , " he said ; " the little thing has fallen and injured her foot badly , I fear . " " I do not care at all , " said Felipa ; " I like to have it hurt . It is my ...
... child in his arms . I hurried to meet them . “ I shall never forgive myself , " he said ; " the little thing has fallen and injured her foot badly , I fear . " " I do not care at all , " said Felipa ; " I like to have it hurt . It is my ...
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... child - the child that through some unkind trick of fate- you cannot give me [ sic ] . And since you cannot give me a child you must sometimes become one in order to pacify me . Oh , I know that you are big and independent and all that ...
... child - the child that through some unkind trick of fate- you cannot give me [ sic ] . And since you cannot give me a child you must sometimes become one in order to pacify me . Oh , I know that you are big and independent and all that ...
Contents
Y Jean Jacques Rousseau | 12 |
Katherine Fowler Philips | 17 |
To My Excellent Lucasia on Our Friendship | 23 |
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