Category: Literary History

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Twilight Tales by Melissa Sky

Melissa Sky | Twilight Tales | Lesbian pulp fiction’s tremendous historical and cultural impact has only recently begun to be fully recognized and until now there has been no compre

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Liberating Minds by Norman G. Kester

Norman G. Kester | Liberating Minds | Over 30 librarians address gay and lesbian issues arising within the profession, some offering personal stories of understanding their sexuality and i

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Sapphic Fathers by Gretchen Schultz

Gretchen Schultz | Sapphic Fathers | Literature that explored female homosexuality flourished in late nineteenth-century France. Poets, novelists, and pornographers, whether Symbolists, R

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The Heart Has Its Reasons by Michael Cart; Christine A. Jenkins

Michael Cart; Christine A. Jenkins | The Heart Has Its Reasons | Society does not make it easy for young people, regardless of their sexual orientation, to find accurate, nonjudgmental information about homosexualit

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Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Literature by Ellen Bosman; John P. Bradford

Ellen Bosman; John P. Bradford | Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Literature | Here is a long-overdue genre guide to a previously ignored body of literature. The book aims to provide the reader and readers’ advisor with an introd

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Gendering The Nation by Christopher Whyte

Christopher Whyte | Gendering The Nation | Too often seen as a ghost from the past, nationalism has resurfaced as a major factor in European politics and culture. A powerful commitment to natio

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Closeted Writing And Lesbian And Gay Literature by David M. Robinson

David M. Robinson | Closeted Writing And Lesbian And Gay Literature | Arguing for renewed attention to covert same-sex-oriented writing (and to authorial intention more generally), this study explores the representation

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Lesbian Realities/Lesbian Fictions in Contemporary Spain by Nancy Vosburg; Jacky Collins

Nancy Vosburg; Jacky Collins | Lesbian Realities/Lesbian Fictions in Contemporary Spain | Lesbian Realities/Lesbian Fictions in Contemporary Spain focuses exclusively on manifestations of lesbian cultures and identities in contemporary Spai

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Contemporary Lesbian Writing by Paulina Palmer

Paulina Palmer | Contemporary Lesbian Writing | Includes sections titled Theoretical Perspectives, Political Fictions, The Thriller and more. Now retired, Paulina Palmer was a senior lecturer in the

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Sappho by Jane McIntosh Snyder; Camille-Yvette Welsch

Jane McIntosh Snyder; Camille-Yvette Welsch | Sappho | This series explores the lives of well-known writers who often struggled with the preceptions created by their sexual preferences- Volume-specific int