Heterosexual Plots and Lesbian Narratives / / Marilyn Farwell.

What is lesbian literature? Must it contain overtly lesbian characters, and portray them in a positive light? Must the author be overtly (or covertly) lesbian? Does there have to be a lesbian theme and must it be politically acceptable? Marilyn Farwell here examines the work of such writers as Adrie...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:The Cutting Edge ; 1
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • ONE. When Is a Lesbian Narrative a Lesbian Narrative?
  • TWO. Narrative: The Elastic Project
  • THREE. The Lesbian Subject: A War of Images
  • FOUR. The Romantic Lesbian Narrative: Adrienne Rich's "Twenty-One Love Poems" and Marilyn Hacker's
  • FIVE. The Heroic Lesbian Narrative: Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon and Gloria Naylor's The Women of Brewster Place
  • SIX. The Postmodern Lesbian Text: Jeanette Winterson's Sexing the Cherry and Written on the Body
  • SEVEN. Conclusion
  • Works Cited
  • Index