Category: Literary History

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Laws Of Desire by Paul Julian Smith

Paul Julian Smith | Laws Of Desire | Homosexuality has been treated only in a fragmentary way in Hispanic studies, and this is the first full-length study of the subject in contemporary S

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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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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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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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Passions Between Women: British Lesbian Culture 1668-1801 by Emma Donoghue

Emma Donoghue | Passions Between Women: British Lesbian Culture 1668-1801 | A frank examination of eighteenth-century lesbian culture reveals a widespread range of previously overlooked lesbian identities in Britain and covers

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Out At The Library by Stephanie Snyder

Stephanie Snyder | Out At The Library | In conjunction with the exhibition Out at the Library: Celebrating the James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center, the San Francisco Public Library has publ

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Passions Between Women by Emma Donoghue

Emma Donoghue | Passions Between Women | A frank examination of eighteenth-century lesbian culture reveals a widespread range of previously overlooked lesbian identities in Britain and covers

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Queer Italia by Gary P. Cestaro

Gary P. Cestaro | Queer Italia | Queer Italia gathers essays on Italian literature and film, medieval to modern. The volume’s chronological organization reflects its intention to defi

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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