Sappho and the Virgin Mary Same-Sex Love and the English Literary Imagination |
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Author:
| Vanita, Ruth |
Series title: | Between Men, Between Women Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-231-10550-7 |
Publication Date: | Nov 1996 |
Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $52.00 |
Book Description:
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This work looks at the legacy of love between women in the English canon from romantic to postcolonial literature. It examines layers of homoeroticism in works by male and female authors, and demonstrates the place of lesbian desire in the Western literary imagination.
This work looks at the legacy of love between women in the English canon from romantic to postcolonial literature. It examines layers of homoeroticism in works by male and female authors, and demonstrates the place of lesbian desire in the Western literary imagination.