Category: Literary Criticism

Posted in Asian Interest LGBT Studies/Social Sciences Literary Criticism

(Un)Familiar Femininities – Studies In Contemporary Lesbian South Asian Texts by Rajendran Aneeta

Rajendran Aneeta | (Un)Familiar Femininities – Studies In Contemporary Lesbian South Asian Texts | The female homosexual in South Asia is not always a visible lesbian person. She is often a figuration of an act that challenges hegemonic ideas of gen

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Lesbian Romance Novels by Phyllis M. Betz

Phyllis M. Betz | Lesbian Romance Novels | This critical analysis of the popular romance novel genre offers an evaluation of the field through the subgenre of the lesbian romance novel. A histo

Posted in Anthology - Nonfiction Literary Criticism

What Lesbians do in Books by Elaine Hobby; Chris White

Elaine Hobby; Chris White | What Lesbians do in Books | This is the first British anthology of critical writing about lesbians as writers, readers, and as characters in literature. A comprehensive and inval

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The Search for a Woman-Centered Spirituality by Annette Van Dyke

Annette Van Dyke | The Search for a Woman-Centered Spirituality | ‘[A] bridge-building book [that] illuminates the interconnections among feminist creators from multi-cultural mainstream traditions; one that creates

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Literary Criticism

Lesbian Lives by Nicky Hallett

Nicky Hallett | Lesbian Lives | How does the ‘factual’ shape our sense of sexuality and self? How far have representations of lesbianism actually moved from the pathology and devianc

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Sex Variant Women in Literature by Jeannette Foster

Jeannette 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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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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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

Posted in Literary Criticism Literary History

The Lesbian South by Jaime Harker

Jaime Harker | The Lesbian South | In this book, Jaime Harker uncovers a largely forgotten literary renaissance in southern letters. Anchored by a constellation of southern women, the W

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Making Girls into Women by Kathryn R. Kent

Kathryn R. Kent | Making Girls into Women | Making Girls into Women offers an account of the historical emergence of ‘the lesbian’ by looking at late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century wome