num_pages: 289
description: This work looks at the legacy of love between women in the English canon from romantic to postcolonial literature. It examines layers of homoeroticism in works by male and female authors, and demonstrates the place of lesbian desire in the Western literary imagination.
language: English
title: Sappho and the Virgin Mary: Same-Sex Love and the English Literary Imagination
titlecomplete: Sappho and the Virgin Mary: Same-Sex Love and the English Literary Imagination (Between Men-Between Women - Lesbian and Gay Studies)
genres: Nonfiction, History, Queer
ratings_count: 11
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Lesbian Studies
publisher: Columbia Univ Pr