Sappho and the Virgin Mary

Type

Book

Authors

Vanita, Ruth

ISBN 10

0231105517

ISBN 13

9780231105514

Tags

English Literature, Writers, British, Same-sex

Abstract

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.

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