Each essay comprises a
biography, with personal history often derived from interviews, an
analysis of major works and themes, an overview of the critical
reception, and bibliographies of primary works and of critical
studies. The volume introduction situates contemporary lesbian
literature in its historical and political contexts. Appendices
list publishers of lesbian writers and periodicals featuring
lesbian writers. An extensive bibliography provides nonfiction
resources focusing on lesbian issues.
About
the Authors
SANDRA POLLACK is
Professor of Humanities and Women's Studies at Tompkins Cortland
Community College, Dryden, NY, where her academic specialties
include women writers, lesbian literature, and women and work.
DENISE D. KNIGHT is Assistant Professor of English at State
University of New York College at Cortland, specializing in
nineteenth-century American literature and women writers. She is
the editor of a critical collection of stories by Charlotte
Perkins Gilman and of a critical edition of Gilman's diaries. Her
articles have appeared in Women's Studies and ANQ: A Quarterly
Journal of Short Articles, Notes, and Reviews.
