Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. INTRODUCTION: LOCATING THE LESBIAN WRITER, OR “WE INSIDE US DO NOT CHANGE” 1
6. I. GERTRUDE STEIN
7. INTRODUCTION 21
8. 1. “THE OUTSIDE THING” AND THINGS AS THEY ARE: GERTRUDE STEIN’S LESBIAN ROMANCE 25
9. 2. “NO THERE THERE”: INSIDE THE MARRIAGE PLOT 49
10. II. RADCLYFFE HALL
11. INTRODUCTION 69
12. 3. STRANGE SOIL AND NOVEL GROUND: RADCLYFFE HALL’S ROMANCE PLOTS 75
13. 4. ROMANTIC EMBLEMS AND “THE REAL THING”: WRITING THE SOULINE AFFAIR 105
14. III. DJUNA BARNES
15. INTRODUCTION 129
16. 5. FROM LESBIAN READING TO BISEXUAL WRITING: SWITCHING TRACKS WITH DJUNA BARNES 133
17. 6. THE TRAPEZE EFFECT: DJUNA BARNES’S BISEXUAL ROMANCE 155
18. CODA: A HAPPY ENDING? 185
19. Notes 191
20. Bibliography 225
21. Index 239
22. GENDER AND CULTURE 251