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1 online resource (liii, 239 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts ; no. 8
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Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts ; no. 8.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-238). |
Summary |
"While lesbian literature can trace its name back to the Greek poet Sappho, who was born on the Island of Lesbos in 630 B.C., it wasn't until the past century that the genre gained significant popularity. More lesbian poems, novels, plays, and reference sources have been produced during the last one hundred years than during all the previous centuries put together." "This Historical Dictionary of Lesbian Literature serves two primary functions: to provide further information to those already familiar with the field and to explain it to those discovering it for the first time. A chronology provides a historical perspective, an introduction gives a general yet detailed overview, and the dictionary contains several hundred cross-referenced entries on important writers such as Sappho, Colette, and Mary Wollstonecraft, styles, themes, literary movement, publishers, and outstanding works of the genre. Completed by an extensive bibliography, this book examines the factors influencing the development of the lesbian identity as an interaction between readers and writers of all kinds of literature."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Lesbians' writings -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries.
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Lesbians' writings. |
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Bio-bibliography.
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Dictionaries.
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Lesbian authors -- Biography -- Dictionaries.
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Lesbian authors. |
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Lesbianism -- Dictionaries.
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Lesbianism. |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Dictionaries.
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Lesbian authors. |
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Lesbianism. |
Genre/Form |
Dictionaries.
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Biographies.
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Bibliographies.
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Bibliographies.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Miller, Meredith, 1965- Historical dictionary of lesbian literature. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2006 0810849410 9780810849419 (DLC) 2005020658 (OCoLC)61130777 |
ISBN |
9780810865174 (electronic book) |
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0810865173 (electronic book) |
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9780810849419 |
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0810849410 (Trade Cloth) |
Standard No. |
9780810849419 |
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