Lesbian Images by Jane Rule

The author's attitude toward lesbian experience as measured against images by other women writers, such as Gertrude Stein, Willa Cather, and May Sarton. Twelve writers in all included. Also, chapters on recent fiction and nonfiction, plus Notes, Bibliography and Index.

Myth and morality, sources of law and prejudice -- From sin to sickness -- Radclyffe Hall -- Gertrude Stein -- Willa Cather -- Vita Sackville-West -- Ivy Compton-Burnett -- Elizabeth Bowen -- Colette -- Violette Leduc -- Margaret Anderson -- Dorothy Baker -- May Sarton -- Maureen Duffy -- Four decades of fiction -- Recent nonfiction.