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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Page 602
... Kitty . Annie's fa- mous , too . ANNIE : Rae . . . RAE : Well , you are , darling . Annie was famous when you ( Meaning KITTY . ) were still delivering babies at that clinic in Brooklyn . KITTY : It's not the same thing . Annie's a ...
... Kitty . Annie's fa- mous , too . ANNIE : Rae . . . RAE : Well , you are , darling . Annie was famous when you ( Meaning KITTY . ) were still delivering babies at that clinic in Brooklyn . KITTY : It's not the same thing . Annie's a ...
Page 618
... Kitty ? Is she going to make it through the summer ? KITTY : The chemotherapy appears to have had a positive effect . There's no sign of new growth . ANNIE : So she could get well and live for years . KITTY : She could . RITA : But , Kitty ...
... Kitty ? Is she going to make it through the summer ? KITTY : The chemotherapy appears to have had a positive effect . There's no sign of new growth . ANNIE : So she could get well and live for years . KITTY : She could . RITA : But , Kitty ...
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... KITTY : ( TO ANNIE . ) Help me get her up the stairs . ( They move to do so . ) EVA : What's wrong ? What's the matter with her ? Lil ? KITTY : ( TO ANNIE . ) You get her shoulders . ( As they straighten her up , LIL cries with pain ...
... KITTY : ( TO ANNIE . ) Help me get her up the stairs . ( They move to do so . ) EVA : What's wrong ? What's the matter with her ? Lil ? KITTY : ( TO ANNIE . ) You get her shoulders . ( As they straighten her up , LIL cries with pain ...
Contents
Y Jean Jacques Rousseau | 12 |
Katherine Fowler Philips | 17 |
To My Excellent Lucasia on Our Friendship | 23 |
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