Spinsters and Lesbians: Independent Womanhood in the United States

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Spinsters and Lesbian s THE CUTTIN G EDG E Lesbian Life and Literature THE CUTTIN G EDG E Lesbian Life and Literature Series Editor: Karla Jay Professor of English and Women's Studies PACE UNIVERSIT Y EDITORIAL BOAR D Judith Butler , Rhetori c UNIVERSITY O F CALIFORNIA, BERKELE Y Blanche Wiesen Coo k History an d Women' s Studie s JOHN JA Y COLLEG E AN D CITY UNIVERSIT Y O F NE W YORK GRADUAT E CENTE R Diane Griffi n Crowde r French an d Women' s Studie s CORNELL COLLEG E Marny Hal l Psychotherapist an d Write r Celia Kitzinge r Social Studie s LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY, U K Jane Marcu s English an d Women' s Studie s CITY COLLEG E AN D CIT Y UNIVERSITY O F NE W YOR K GRADUATE CENTE R Joanne Glasgo w English an d Women' s Studie s BERGEN COMMUNIT Y COLLEGE Biddy Marti n German Studie s an d Women' s Studies CORNELL UNIVERSIT Y iv • Editoria l Boar d Elizabeth A . Mees e English UNIVERSITY O F ALABAM A Esther Newto n Anthropology SUNY, PURCHAS E Terri d e la Pen a Novelist/Short Stor y Write r Ruthann Robson , Write r LAW SCHOOL , QUEEN S COLLEGE CITY UNIVERSIT Y O F NE W YORK Leila J. Rupp , Histor y OHIO STAT E UNIVERSIT Y Ann Alle n Shockle y Librarian FISK UNIVERSIT Y Elizabeth Woo d Musicologist an d Write r Committee o n Theor y an d Culture NEW YOR K UNIVERSIT Y Bonnie Zimmerma n Women's Studie s SAN DIEG O STAT E UNIVERSITY THE CUTTIN G E D G E : Lesbian Life and Literature Series Editor: Karla Jay The Cook and the Carpenter: A Novel by the Carpenter by June Arnol d with a n introductio n b y Bonnie Zimmerma n Ladies Almanack by Djun a Barne s with a n introductio n b y Susa n Sniade r Lanse r Adventures of the Mind: The Memoirs of Natalie Clifford Barney translated b y John Spaldin g Gatto n with a n introductio n b y Karl a Ja y Sophia Parnok: The Life and Work of Russia's Sappho by Dian a Burgi n Paint It Today by H.D. (Hild a Doolittle ) edited an d wit h a n introductio n b y Cassandra Lait y The Angel and the Perverts by Luci e Delarue-Mardru s translated an d wit h a n introductio n b y Anna Livi a v Heterosexual Plots and Lesbian Narratives Marilyn R . Farwel l Spinsters and Lesbians: Independent Womanhood in the United States by Trisha Franze n Diana: A Strange Autobiography by Dian a Frederic s with a n introductio n b y Julie L . Abraha m Lover by Bertha Harri s Elizabeth Bowen: A Reputation in Writing by rene e c . hooglan d Lesbian Erotics edited b y Karl a Ja y Changing Our Minds: Lesbian Feminism and Psychology by Celi a Kitzinge r an d Rache l Perkin s (Sem)Erotics: Theorizing Lesbian : Writing by Elizabeth A . Mees e Bisexuality and the Challenge to Lesbian Politics: Sex, Loyalty, and Revolution by Paul a C . Rus t The Search for a Woman-Centered Spirituality by Annette J. Va n Dyk e I Know My Own Heart: The Diaries of Anne Lister, 1791-1840 edited by Helena Whitbread No Priest but Love: The Journals of Anne Lister, 1824-26 edited by Helena Whitbread ...