Are Girls Necessary? by Julie Abraham
Julie Abraham | Are Girls Necessary? | What do we read as ‘lesbian,’ and why? Have we been looking for love in too few places? In this first full-length study of modern lesbian writing, Jul
Literary Criticism
Heterosexual Plots and Lesbian Narratives by Marilyn R. Farwell
Marilyn R. Farwell | Heterosexual Plots and Lesbian Narratives | What is lesbian literature? Must it contain overtly lesbian characters, and portray them in a positive light? Must the author be overtly (or covertly)
Beyond Sex And Romance? by Elaine Hutton
Elaine Hutton | Beyond Sex And Romance? | For almost three decades, a wide range of lesbian fiction has been published regularly and in quantity. So what effect has this writing had on the soc
Sappho of Lesbos by Margaret Goldsmith
Margaret Goldsmith | Sappho of Lesbos | A psychological biography of Sappho of Lesbos written by a layman for laymen, and not a dissertation written for classical scholars, this work concent
(Sem)Erotics – Theorizing Lesbian: Writing by Elizabeth Meese
Elizabeth Meese | (Sem)Erotics – Theorizing Lesbian: Writing | What is at stake in the production of experimental texts by lesbian writers? What motivates these writers and characterizes their work? What is the na
Lesbian Desire in the Lyrics of Sappho by Jane McIntosh Snyder
Jane McIntosh Snyder | Lesbian Desire in the Lyrics of Sappho | A comprehensive treatment of Sappho’s poetry for the Greekless reader.
Circulating Queerness by Natasha Hurley
Natasha Hurley | Circulating Queerness | Challenging the narrative that the gay and lesbian novel came into view in response to the emergence of homosexuality as a concept, Natasha Hurley pos
Impossible Women by Valerie Rohy
Valerie Rohy | Impossible Women | Impossible Women fills a critical gap in queer theory by spotlighting representations of lesbian sexuality in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Americ
The Lesbian Index by Kim Emery
Kim Emery | The Lesbian Index | Adds historical and philosophical perspectives to current debates over whether lesbian identity is socially constructed or genetically based.
The Cambridge Companion To Gay And Lesbian Writing by Hugh Stevens
Hugh Stevens | The Cambridge Companion To Gay And Lesbian Writing | In the last two decades, lesbian and gay studies have transformed literary studies and developed into a vital and influential area for students and sc