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English Literature
Lawrence, D. H.
For his time, D. H. Lawrence was a maverick in his open and adventurous discussion of all sexual issues and especially homosexuality, both male and female.
Lawrence, T. E.
Although he chose celibacy, Lawrence of Arabia formed close romantic attachments to young men.
Lee, Vernon
Although Vernon Lee does not explore lesbian themes directly in her literary or aesthetic works, she was committed both intellectually and emotionally to other women, and her creative writings reveal a fertile lesbian imagination.
Lewis, Matthew G.
Matthew Lewis's scandalous masterpiece, The Monk, is one of the great works in the gay and lesbian literary tradition.
Lister, Anne
Between 1817 and 1840, the diarist Anne Lister recorded in code her romantic and sexual relationships with several women.
Literary Theory: Gay, Lesbian, and Queer
Although gay, lesbian, and queer theory are related practices, the three terms delineate separate emphases marked by different assumptions about the relationship between gender and sexuality.
Mansfield, Katherine
Though Katherine Mansfield was reticent in the depiction of lesbianism in her short stories, she had close female friendships and was always deeply concerned with the status of women.
Marlowe, Christopher
Christopher Marlowe represents homoerotic situations and incidents in his plays and poems more frequently and more variously that any other major English Renaissance writer.
Mars-Jones, Adam
Author and editor Adam Mars-Jones has written short stories as well as longer fiction on gay themes, including AIDS.
Maugham, Robin
The defiantly homosexual scion of a powerful family, Robin Maugham became a popular and prolific writer who regularly features homosexual themes and homoerotic situations in his work.
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