Category: Literary Criticism

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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

Posted in Autobiography/Biography Literary Criticism

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

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(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

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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.

Posted in LGBT Studies/Social Sciences Literary Criticism

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

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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

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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.

Posted in Literary Criticism Literary History

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

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Latin American Writers On Gay And Lesbian Themes by David William Foster

David William Foster | Latin American Writers On Gay And Lesbian Themes | Gay and lesbian themes in Latin American literature have been largely ignored. This reference fills this gap by providing more than a hundred alphabet

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The Safe Sea Of Women by Bonnie Zimmerman

Bonnie Zimmerman | The Safe Sea Of Women | Written for scholars, writers, activists, and the general reader, The Safe Sea of Women is an indispensable survey of an important area of lesbian cul