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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... lived together for most of their relationship , they occasionally traveled alone . Some of the love letters that passed be- tween them during those times are extant . For example , in 1891 Bates went to Oxford in order to study . She ...
... lived together for most of their relationship , they occasionally traveled alone . Some of the love letters that passed be- tween them during those times are extant . For example , in 1891 Bates went to Oxford in order to study . She ...
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... lived in Germany until 1903 and then moved to London . Though Richardson became an expatriate by the time she was seventeen , most of her fiction looks back to the memories of her Australian youth ( she is considered one of the leading ...
... lived in Germany until 1903 and then moved to London . Though Richardson became an expatriate by the time she was seventeen , most of her fiction looks back to the memories of her Australian youth ( she is considered one of the leading ...
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... lived at home . When George and I first married , we lived with his family for a year before we bought a place of our own . My mother was never crazy about George . She said that he was dull . If Lil were male , my mother would approve ...
... lived at home . When George and I first married , we lived with his family for a year before we bought a place of our own . My mother was never crazy about George . She said that he was dull . If Lil were male , my mother would approve ...
Contents
Y Jean Jacques Rousseau | 12 |
Katherine Fowler Philips | 17 |
To My Excellent Lucasia on Our Friendship | 23 |
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