The Golden Age of Lesbian Erotica
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (729 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0977431142 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Unlike the tender and affectionate eroticism of the Victorian era with its naughty schoolgirls, convent antics and ladies-in-waiting, these 20th Century tales brought verisimilitude and fantasy together. While Radclyffe Hall was being prosecuted for obscenity for her depiction of "sapphics" and "inverts" in the classic lesbian novel *The Well of Loneliness,* her friend Natalie Barney was riding naked through the streets of Paris on horseback with her lover, the poet Renee Vivienne and Anais Nin were penning lurid and lustful tales of very bad girls while yearning for Henry Miller's sensual wife, June.. Lesbian erotica of the 1920s through the 1940s had a bold new cast to it
Fabulous E. B. MULLIGAN The above product description says it all - this is a not to be missed collection of great writers from 1898 to 1941. This book will give you a wonderful glimpse of novels that are classic in their stories and timeless in their writing.Excerpts are from the outstanding authors-Gale WilhelmGertrude SteinRenee VivienAnna Elisabet WeirauchPierre LouysSidonie PerraultIsadora AtwoodEdwina LeonardA.N. GraemeLois LodgeLilyan BrockDorothea KrivatskyViolet BlackFelice SwadosThe book concludes with three pieces written by Diane DeKalb-Rittenhouse that the editor describes . Interesting look at Lesbians in the turn of last century, but not really "erotica" Jeremy Reaban Stuff like this is a bit embarassing to review, since it's hard to explain why you bought something like this. In my case, it was to help research a story I'm working on which was set in the 1920s (a Lovecraft pastiche) which featured a lesbian character.Anyway, basically it's a bunch of extracts from lesbian fiction from 1900-1950 or so. Most of it focuses on relationships and dealing with society which frowned on it at the time, the perils they faced - being committed in institutions most notably. I actually found it pretty helpful, but at the same time, I thin
Her erotic writing has appeared regularly in anthologies and magazines, and she is a former contributing writer to the lesbian sex magazines, *On Our Backs* and *Bad Attitude.* She has published several erotica collections, including most recently, *Bed: New Lesbian Erotica.* She also publishes gay male porn under a psuedonym. Brownworth is the author of nine books, in
She teaches writing and film at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia where she added two new courses to the literary curriculum: Writing Below the Belt and Smut. About the Author Victoria A. She lives in Philadelphia. . She has also taught safe-sex education classes as well as classes on S/M and B/D for various lesbian and bisexual venues. * A syndicated columnist, her work has appeared in numerous mainstream, queer and feminist publications, including the Baltimore Sun, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Village Voice, the Advocate, OUT and Curve. Her erotic writing has appeared regularly in anthologies and