Lesbianism in Literature

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This paper focuses on three female writers whose works were published in the first of the twentieth century, Virginia Woolf, Gertrude Stein and Angela Weld-Grimke. The paper attempts to show how each of these women described their own lesbian feelings in different ways, reflecting their different experiences of being a lesbian through their writing expressions in the early twentieth century.

From the Paper:

"The three female writers described in this essay all lived during the first half of the twentieth century, when lesbianism was not as socially acceptable as in the modern era. Virginia Woolf and Gertrude Stein were both noted authors in their lifetimes: the acceptance of Angela Weld-Grimke has taken considerably longer. However, they all demonstrated lesbian feelings in their lives, and this is reflected, some believe, in their literature also."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Coulson, Dan (2006) " 'Ah tol' the boss': Counter-discourse, bodies, and the Resistance in Angelina Wald [sic] Grimke's "Fragment" and Sol Funaroff's "Going mah own Road"". http://www.english.uluc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/grimke/fragment.htm
• Drabble, Margaret "With Malice allowed" (Reviewed 1978, found at http://www.nytimes.com/ads/thehours/woolf-letters3.html
• Farley, Pamella "Azalea Bushes and Asparagus Beds: Virginia Woolf and the Medical Backlash" in The Future of Difference G.K Hall Boston 1980
• Fyne Times: Gay and Lesbian Magazine "Virginia Woolf" at http://www.fyne.co.uk/index.php?item=231
• Meyerowitz, Patricia "Lesbianism Never" New York Review of Books, volume 17, number 5, October 1971.

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