Sex Variant Women in Literature

About this eBook

Author

Foster, Jeannette H. (Jeannette Howard), 1895-1981

Title

Sex variant women in literature : A historical and quantitative survey

Original Publication

Washington: Vantage Press, 1956.

Credits

Tim Lindell, Jens Sadowski, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Lesbians in literature

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 77276

Release Date

November 20, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Sex Variant Women in Literature
2. 2.FOREWORD
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.INTRODUCTION
7. 7.CHAPTER I. THE ANCIENT RECORD — Sappho and Ruth — Mythology in Classical Authors — Later Classical Literature
8. 8.CHAPTER II. FROM THE DARK AGES TO THE AGE OF REASON — Introduction — Medieval and Renaissance Fiction — The Borderline of Reality — Neo-Classical Aridity
9. 9.CHAPTER III. FROM THE ROMANTICS TO THE MODERNS — Introduction — Precursors of Modern Fiction — The Novel Before 1870 — Evidence from Poets
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. THE LATER NINETEENTH CENTURY — Fertility in France — The Shadow of Feminism — Fin de Siècle — Summary
11. 11.CHAPTER V. CONJECTURAL RETROSPECT — — — — — — — — — — —
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. TWENTIETH CENTURY — Introduction — Poetry—French — Nocturne — Sonnet — La Fleur du Sorbier — Sonnet — Twilight — Sonnet — Cri — La Nuit Latente — Poetry—German — Poetry—English
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. FICTION IN FRANCE — Before 1914 — Post-War Trends
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. FICTION IN GERMANY — Before 1914 — Post-War Gleanings
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. FICTION IN ENGLISH — Introduction — The Age of Innocence — Sophistication and Dispute — Post-War Crescendo — First Peak: 1928
16. 16.CHAPTER X. FICTION IN ENGLISH (continued) — Sequel to Censorship — The Worm’s Turning — Above Reproach — Another War’s Shadow — Second Crescendo
17. 17.CONCLUSION
18. 18.NOTES
19. 19.BIBLIOGRAPHIES
20. 20.INDEX

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