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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... dress which I wore to do housework in . It had hung there during all the school term . As I took it off the hook , my attention was caught by something strange about the dress I had worn the night before . This dress was made of thin ...
... dress which I wore to do housework in . It had hung there during all the school term . As I took it off the hook , my attention was caught by something strange about the dress I had worn the night before . This dress was made of thin ...
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... dress hung , and afterwards stolen out and killed my father , and then escaped . They were not shaken when I told them that every door was bolted and barred that morning . They themselves found all the windows fastened down , except a ...
... dress hung , and afterwards stolen out and killed my father , and then escaped . They were not shaken when I told them that every door was bolted and barred that morning . They themselves found all the windows fastened down , except a ...
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... dress home . She came right home and told me ; and she overheard them . " " Have you spoken of it to anybody but me ? " said I. Maria said she didn't know ; she might have done so . Then she remem- bered hearing Phoebe herself speak of ...
... dress home . She came right home and told me ; and she overheard them . " " Have you spoken of it to anybody but me ? " said I. Maria said she didn't know ; she might have done so . Then she remem- bered hearing Phoebe herself speak of ...
Contents
Y Jean Jacques Rousseau | 12 |
Katherine Fowler Philips | 17 |
To My Excellent Lucasia on Our Friendship | 23 |
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