The History of Lesbian Literature: An Exploration on the Evolution of the Genre

• Published in: Publishing research quarterly Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 642 - 652
• Main Author: da Costa, Mariana Dias
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.12.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Fiction; Genre; Greek literature; LGBTQ literature; Library Science; Literary criticism; Methodology of the Social Sciences; Poetry; Printing and Publishing; Social Sciences; Pulp fiction; Censorship; Sappho of Lesbos; Lesbian-themed texts; LGBTQIA

This paper aims to examine the development of lesbian literature through a discussion of its history. From ancient Greek poetry, where we learn about the namesake of the term’s lesbian and sapphic, to the first half of the 1900s discussing the various authors that fought against censorship, continui...