Pt. I. Kindred spirits : the literature of romantic friendship --pt. II. A man trapped in a woman's body : the literature of sexual inversion -- pt. III. Carnivorous flowers : the literature of exotic and evil lesbians -- pt. IV. In the closet : the literature of lesbian encoding -- pt. V. Amazons : the literature of lesbian-feminism -- pt. VI. Flowerings : post-lesbian-feminist literature.