Chloe Plus Olivia: An Anthology of Lesbian Literature from the Seventeenth Century to the Present
of Lillian Faderman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sarah Ponsonby, Anna Seward, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Katherine Bradley, Edith Cooper, moreâŠ
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In Chloe Plus Olivia Lillian Faderman seeks no less than to radically redefine four centuries of lesbian literature, filling a need that has long been neglected: a literary anthology of lesbian writers over the past four centuries, with each piece set in historical and literary context. This landmark work of scholarship offers an enlightening review of the shifting concept of "lesbian literature," followed by examples of six different genres: Romantic Friendship, Sexual Inversion, Exotic and Evil Lesbians, Lesbian Encoding, Lesbian Feminism, and Post-Lesbian Feminism.Faderman examines works as diverse as Willa Cather's My Antonia and Virginia Woolf's Orlando; poetry by Gertrude Stein and Amy Lowell; fiction by Carson McCullers, Helen Hull, and Alice Walker. In addition, Chloe Plus Olivia contains writing by men who focused on women's relationships. These writings are included in the early section of the book and were, in various ways, important to the development of lesbian literature, since men were far more likely than women to achieve publication in other centuries.It would be impossible to identify a single "great tradition" of lesbian writing, since it is in constant metamorphosis, reflecting changing social attitudes and women's voices. Chloe Plus Olivia, with its historical scope enhanced by Faderman's own personal search for a definition of lesbian literature, makes this the first book of its kind; it is certain to become the point of reference from which all subsequent studies of lesbian literature will begin.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 848 pages
- Publisher Penguin Books
- Publication Date December 1st 1995
- First Publication 07/01/94
- Language English
- ISBN 9780140172485
- Edition Not informed
- Category Other
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