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What is lesbian literature? Must it contain overtly lesbian characters andportray them in a positive light? Must the author be overtly or covertlylesbian? Does there have to be a lesbian theme and must it be politicallyacceptable? Marilyn Farwell here examines the work of such writers asAdrienne Rich Marion Zimmer Bradley Jeanette Winterson Gloria Naylor andMarilyn Hacker to address these questions. Dividing their writings into twogenresthe romantic story and the heroic or quest story Farwell addressessome of the most problematic issues at the intersection of literature sexgender and postmodernism. Illustrating how the generational conflictbetween the lesbian feminists of twenty years ago and the queer theorists oftoday stokes the critical fires of contemporary lesbian and literary theoryHeterosexual Plots and Lesbian Narratives concludes by arguing for a broad andgenerous definition of lesbian writing. «
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