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This is a List of lesbian-themed fiction. It includes books from the 18th century through the 21st century. It includes books from the 18th century through the 21st century. It also includes lists of works by genre, a list of characters that make recurring appearances in fiction series, and a list of lesbian and feminist publishing houses.
Meanwhile, English-language novels which include lesbian characters or relationships have continued to garner national awards and mainstream critical acclaim, like The Color Purple (1982) by Alice Walker, Bastard out of Carolina (1992) by Dorothy Allison, The Hours (1998) by Michael Cunningham, Fingersmith (2002) by Sarah Waters and Lost and ...
The majority of gay romance novels are written by and for women. [1] The issue of whether women should write books featuring gay men has been a frequent topic of popular and scholarly discussion. [14] [15] [16] Foster suggests that the heteronormative assumption that the readership of this genre is completely straight might be inaccurate [17]
Before placing a particular author's "Novels by..." category here, please make sure that all novels within that category are actually lesbian-themed novels. If you see a "Novels by..." category which does not belong here, please remove the category from here and re-add the individual novels within it which do belong here.
Lover's prose is distinctly postmodern, eschewing conventional narrative for experimental narrative techniques. In contrast to some lesbian novels of the time, such as Rita Mae Brown's Rubyfruit Jungle (also, incidentally, published by Daughters), which used a prototypical bildungsroman technique with a lesbian placed squarely at the center, Lover reflects complex notions of radical lesbian ...
Key themes of the book include transition from youth to adulthood, complex family relationships, same-sex relationships, organised religion and the concept of faith. It has been included on both GCSE and A-Level reading lists for education in England and Wales, [ 1 ] and was adapted by Winterson into a BAFTA-winning 1990 BBC television drama ...
Chitralekha is a slim volume with a narrative that is woven around a love story, and reflects on various aspects of human life. The story commences with a dialogue between the revered hermit Ratnakar (रत्नाकर) and his disciples, Shwetaank (श्वेतांक) and Vishaldev (विशालदेव), discussing the sins of humanity.