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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... death - wish which had been directed against some- one else . Nor need the regular discovery of these unconscious death - wishes in those who have attempted suicide surprise us ( any more than it ought to make us think that it confirms ...
... death - wish which had been directed against some- one else . Nor need the regular discovery of these unconscious death - wishes in those who have attempted suicide surprise us ( any more than it ought to make us think that it confirms ...
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... death . In death Robin would belong to her . Death went with them , together and alone ; and with the torment and catastrophe , thoughts of resurrection , the second duel . Looking out into the fading sun of the winter sky , against ...
... death . In death Robin would belong to her . Death went with them , together and alone ; and with the torment and catastrophe , thoughts of resurrection , the second duel . Looking out into the fading sun of the winter sky , against ...
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... death he will starve for lack of the fat of us , our extra . Yes I have com- mitted acts of indecency with women and ... death , do you tell me I cannot touch this woman ? if we use each other up on each other that's a little bit less ...
... death he will starve for lack of the fat of us , our extra . Yes I have com- mitted acts of indecency with women and ... death , do you tell me I cannot touch this woman ? if we use each other up on each other that's a little bit less ...
Contents
Y Jean Jacques Rousseau | 12 |
Katherine Fowler Philips | 17 |
To My Excellent Lucasia on Our Friendship | 23 |
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