Inseparable : desire between women in literature /

Emma Donoghue examines how desire between women in English literature has been portrayed, from schoolgirls and vampires to runaway wives, from cross-dressing knights to contemporary murder stories. She looks at the work of those writers who have addressed the "unspeakable subject," examini...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Donoghue, Emma, 1969- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley CA : Cleis Press, [2011]
Subjects:	English literature > History and criticism. Lesbianism in literature. Women in literature. Desire in literature. French literature > History and criticism. Littérature anglaise > Histoire et critique. Lesbianisme dans la littérature. Femmes dans la littérature. Désir dans la littérature. Littérature française > Histoire et critique. English literature. French literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

Travesties : The female bridegroom ; The male Amazon
Inseparables : Shall we be sunder'd? ; Jealousies
Rivals : Rakes vs. ladies ; Feminists vs. husbands ; The beautiful house
Monsters : Sex fiends ; Secret enemies ; Not quite human
Detection : Now you see it ; Crimes of passion ; It takes one to know one
Out : Case histories ; On trial ; First love ; Devil may care ; Places for us.