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The books in this section would suit anyone interested in reading about the life and works of lesbian and bisexual women writers through history. Also great material for women's studies and lesbian studies courses. These books are available from the USA, UK and Canada - click on any flag to read further reviews or to purchase.

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	All Books by Elaine Hutton - Author of : Beyond Sex and Romance? - The Politics of Contemporary Lesbian Fiction Paperback (September 1, 1998) Trafalgar Square; ISBN: 0704345374 "Lesbian Literature Studies; For almost three decades, a wide range of lesbian fiction has been published regularly and in quantity. A significant body of lesbian literature now exists, read both by lesbian readers eager for work that reflects their own lives and by the mainstream. So what effect has this writing had on the society in which we live? Has lesbian fiction challenged prevalent ideologies? Or has the literature itself changed so that it merely perpetuates them? What do lesbians want from literature and to what extent is lesbian fiction fulfilling these hopes and desires? In this lively examination of contemporary lesbian novels and novelists, noted lesbian writers and thinkers address these questions and more. And as they celebrate the achievements of lesbian novelists, they also demonstrate the importance of providing a literature that both reflects and creates lesbian culture." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Lisa Lynne Moore - Author of : Dangerous Intimacies: Toward a Sapphic History of the British Novel Paperback - 216 pages (December 1997) Duke Univ Pr (Txt); ISBN: 0822320495 "Lesbian Literature Studies; Refuting commonly held beliefs within women's and lesbian history, feminist theory, and histories of the novel, Dangerous Intimacies challenges the idea that sex between women was unimaginable in British culture before the late nineteenth century. Lisa L. Moore argues that literary representations of female sexual agency - and in particular "Sapphic" relationships between women - were central to eighteenth-century debates over English national identity. Moore shows how the novel's representation of women's "romantic friendships" - both platonic and sexual - were encoded within wider social concerns regarding race, nation, and colonialist ventures...(more at Amazon)" Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Cherrie L. Moraga - Author of : Loving in the War Years Paperback - 208 pages 2nd edition (September 1, 2000) South End Pr; ISBN: 0896086267 "Lesbian Literature Studies; Poems, stories, and essays describe the political and personal implications of being a gay chicana in modern America." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Margaret Reynolds - Author of : The Sappho Companion Hardcover - 400 pages 1st palgra edition (June 2001) St. Martin's Press (Short); ISBN: 0312239246 "Lesbian Literature Studies; Born around 630 BC on the Greek Island of Lesbos, Sappho is the greatest lyrical poet of Greece, and one of the greatest artists of any age. Her poems exist only as fragments, and her life is not much more than speculation, but Sappho's pull-as writer, voice, and image-affects every era. Ovid, Baudelaire, and Jeanette Winterson are just a few of the writers who, each generation, claim Sappho as their own. Who is Sappho? Lesbian, mother poet, lover, suicide warning, and icon. In this innovative blend of personal reflection and cultural history Margaret Reynolds illuminates Sappho's genius, her life, her sexuality, and the extraordinary influence she has had across centuries. Built on key themes, this book features a rich offering of poems, plays, essays, and stories by leading writers that bring Sappho's legacy to life." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Marsha Saxton and Florence Howe - Author of : With Wings : An Anthology of Literature by and About Women With Disabilities Paperback - 167 pages Reprint edition (March 1993) Feminist Pr; ISBN: 0935312625 "Lesbian Literature Studies; Fiction, poetry, and personal accounts explore the strengths and talents of disabled women." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Marilyn R. Schuster - Author of : Passionate Communities : Reading Lesbian Resistance in Jane Rule's Fiction Paperback - 269 pages (June 1999) New York University Press; ISBN: 0814781330 "Lesbian Literature Studies; A study of the life and work of the lesbian writer, Jane Rule. Incorporating Rule's early work, including unpublished manuscripts, letters, magazine and newspaper columns, as well as fan-mail, the book also draws on interviews and conversations with the author." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:
	All Books by Virginia Woolf - Author of : A Room Of One's Own Hardcover - 125 pages Reissue edition (January 12, 2001) Harcourt ; ISBN: 0151787336 "Lesbian Literature Studies; Surprisingly, this long essay about society and art and sexism is one of Woolf's most accessible works. Woolf, a major modernist writer and critic, takes us on an erudite yet conversational--and completely entertaining--walk around the history of women in writing, smoothly comparing the architecture of sentences by the likes of William Shakespeare and Jane Austin, all the while lampooning the chauvinistic state of university education in the England of her day. When she concluded that to achieve their full greatness as writers women will need a solid income and a privacy, Woolf pretty much invented modern feminist criticism." Click to buy this book in USA, Canada, UK:

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