Sappho and the Virgin Mary

Sappho and the Virgin Mary Same-Sex Love and the English Literary Imagination - Between Men--Between Women

Hardback (13 Jan 1997)

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780231105507
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 820.9353
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 300
Weight: 690g
Height: 236mm
Width: 158mm
Spine width: 19mm