Passionate Communities: Reading Lesbian Resistance In Jane Rule's Fiction

Jane Rule might well be called the grandmother of North American lesbian literature. U.S. born and long-time Canadian citizen, Rule has been a prominent lesbian-feminist voice. Over the past four decades, she has consistently and bravely spoken and written about lesbians and gay men. From the 1960s...

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Published inJournal of homosexuality Vol. 40; no. 2; p. 127
Main Author Breen, Margaret Soenser
Format Journal Article Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Taylor & Francis LLC 01.01.2000
Subjects
Community
Gays & lesbians
Human relations
Interpersonal communication
Literary criticism
Literature
Nonfiction
Personal relationships
Rule, Jane
Schuster, Marilyn
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Summary:Jane Rule might well be called the grandmother of North American lesbian literature. U.S. born and long-time Canadian citizen, Rule has been a prominent lesbian-feminist voice. Over the past four decades, she has consistently and bravely spoken and written about lesbians and gay men. From the 1960s through the 1980s, she contributed to an astonishing range of periodicals-from The Ladder to McCall's to The Body Politic-and published several novels and short story and essay collections featuring gay and lesbian characters and themes. Even in the 90s, after Rule, constrained by a degenerative arthritic condition, decided to give up fiction writing, she has still remained an active spokesperson for gay and lesbian rights. For a complete reprint of this article contact Haworth Press by telephone (1-800-HAWORTH) or EMAIL (getinfo@haworthpressinc.com). Copies are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Center, The Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580. Article copyright The Haworth Press, Inc.
ISSN:0091-8369
1540-3602