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
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
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
The Cambridge Companion To American Gay And Lesbian Literature by Scott Herring
Scott Herring | The Cambridge Companion To American Gay And Lesbian Literature | ‘This Companion examines the connections between LGBTQ populations and American literature from the late eighteenth to twenty-first centuries. It surv
Lesbianism In Swedish Literature by Jenny Bjo?rklund
Jenny Bjo?rklund | Lesbianism In Swedish Literature | Here, Jenny Björklund reveals that Swedish literary discourses on lesbianism provocatively contrast with a widely accepted view that attitudes toward
Lesbian Modernism by Elizabeth English
Elizabeth English | Lesbian Modernism | The first book-length study to explore the importance of genre for the body of literature we call lesbian modernism
Popular fiction is seen a
The Lesbian Lyre by Jeffrey M. Duban
Jeffrey M. Duban | The Lesbian Lyre | Hailed by Plato as the ‘Tenth Muse’ of ancient Greek poetry, Sappho is inarguably antiquity’s greatest lyric poet. Born over 2,600 years ago on the Gr
The Gay Detective Novel by Judith A. Markowitz
Judith A. Markowitz | The Gay Detective Novel | Gertrude Stein called it ‘the only really modern novel form that has come into existence,’ yet the mystery genre was a century old before it featured
The Lesbian Fantastic by Phyllis M. Betz
Phyllis M. Betz | The Lesbian Fantastic | ‘This work examines how lesbian authors have used the structures and conventions of science fiction to embody characters, relationships and other them