Damned women : lesbians in French novels, 1796-1996
@inproceedings{WaeltiWalters2000DamnedW,
title={Damned women : lesbians in French novels, 1796-1996},
author={J. Waelti-Walters},
year={2000}
}While homosexual men are legion in the history of French literature and criticism, until now no critic writing in French or English has given the same sort of attention to lesbians. Waelti-Walters covers two hundred years of fiction, beginning with the publication of Diderot's The Nun in 1796 and ending with present-day lesbian writers Jocelyne Francois, Mireille Best, Helene de Monferrand, and the authors connected to Genevieve Pastre's lesbian publishing house. While she deals with renowned… CONTINUE READING
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