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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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Who’s Who in Lesbian and Gay Writing by Gabriele Griffin

Gabriele Griffin | Who’s Who in Lesbian and Gay Writing | This book is a lively and accessible biographical guide to lesbian and gay literary culture from Sappho to modern pulp fiction. It includes fascinatin

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Sappho Is Burning by Page DuBois

Page DuBois | Sappho Is Burning | To know all we know about Sappho is to know little. Her poetry, dating from the seventh century B.C.E., comes to us in fragments, her biography as spe

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Remembered Rapture by Bell Hooks

Bell Hooks | Remembered Rapture | With grace and insight, celebrated writer bell hooks untangles the complex personae of women writers. Born and raised in the rural South, hooks learne

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Virginia Woolf by Eileen Barrett; Patricia Cramer

Eileen Barrett; Patricia Cramer | Virginia Woolf | Eileen Barrett and Patricia Cramer have put together an excellent collection of original articles which demonstrates the range of lesbian literary sch

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Sexual Sameness by Joseph Bristow

Joseph Bristow | Sexual Sameness | Lesbian and gay theory is now one of the most provocative and lively areas of inquiry into questions of sex, gender and sexuality. ‘Sexual Sameness’ l

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Checklist by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Marion Zimmer Bradley | Checklist | A definitive checklist of ‘variant’ women and homosexual fiction. Generally short reviews (sometimes merely a title and publisher) by various reviewer

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Lesbian Panic by Patricia Juliana Smith

Patricia Juliana Smith | Lesbian Panic | For Smith, ‘lesbian panic’ is often a fear of losing one’s identity and value within the heterosexual paradigm. This book traces the history of ‘lesbi

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Gay And Lesbian Characters And Themes In Mystery Novels by Anthony Slide

Anthony Slide | Gay And Lesbian Characters And Themes In Mystery Novels | We are unable to provide a description at this time.

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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