Category: Literary Criticism

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Odd Women? by Emma Liggins

Emma Liggins | Odd Women? | This genealogy of the odd woman compares representations of spinsters, lesbians and widows in British women fiction and auto biography from the 1850s

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Sex Variant Women in Literature by Jeannette H. Foster

Jeannette H. Foster | Sex Variant Women in Literature | This is a fascinating account of famous Lesbians throughout the years, analyzing the books they wrote, their efforts to achieve publication and their

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The Straight Mind by Monique Wittig

Monique Wittig | The Straight Mind | These political, philosophical, and literary essays mark the first collection of theoretical writing from the acclaimed novelist and French feminist w

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My Mama’s Dead Squirrel by Mab Segrest

Mab Segrest | My Mama’s Dead Squirrel | This collection brings together essays published over the past eight years by lesbian-feminist organizer and editor Segrest, who is the granddaughter

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Lesbian Detective Fiction by Phyllis M. Betz

Phyllis M. Betz | Lesbian Detective Fiction | This work examines how lesbian detective and mystery fiction represents lesbian characters and experience within the confines of the genre. As this bo

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Novelists With Gay and Lesbian Themes by Carl Rollyson

Carl Rollyson | Novelists With Gay and Lesbian Themes | Overview

Novelists With Gay & Lesbian Themes is a single-volume reference that contains selected essays from Critical Survey of Long Fiction, Four

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Lesbiana by Gene Damon; Barbara Grier

Gene Damon; Barbara Grier | Lesbiana | book reviews from the Ladder, 1966-1972

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Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras: Creative And Critical Perspectives By Feminists Of Color by Gloria Anzaldua

Gloria Anzaldua | Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras: Creative And Critical Perspectives By Feminists Of Color | A bold collection of creative pieces and theoretical essays by women of color. New thought and new dialogue: a book that will teach in the most multip

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Over The Rainbow by Kenneth B. Kidd; Michelle Ann Abate

Kenneth B. Kidd; Michelle Ann Abate | Over The Rainbow | ‘Over the Rainbow is lively, engaging, and thoughtful. More to the point, the field of children’s literature needs such a collection.’ –Katherine Cap

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Tomboys by Michelle Ann Abate

Michelle Ann Abate | Tomboys | Starting with the figure of the bold, boisterous girl in the mid-19th century and ending with the “girl power” movement of the 1990’s, Tomboys is the